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Ciaran Murphy-Royal 25 posts 0 comments

Ciaran Murphy-Royal has a B.A. Hons. in Human Physiology. When he's not out cycling his bike he's messing around in a lab. He has a PhD in Neuroscience. His specific research interest is in the interactions between neurons and astrocytes in the brain. Formerly, he was the Science Editor for HeadStuff.org. He tweets @Ciaran_MR

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Even Crayfish Get Anxious!

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In order to find out how the human body and brain works, first we need to begin with animal models. This is the basis of all biomedical research and has led to a detailed understanding of human physiology and also pathology. There are more…
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Storm in a Teacup

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As today is world earth day, I chose to write about a nice paper that came out at the end of last year in which scientists are using a very cool technique to study how the world around us works. Physics Researchers at the University of…
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Art + Science

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I love listening to science podcasts, reading papers and scientific books. In a science podcast I listened to the other week, the hosts spoke about how some classic paintings by non-scientists actually have scientifically accurate elements,…