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A corker of an infrared spectroscopy study…
December 5, 2014
Researchers have employed infrared spectroscopy techniques to determine how a cork might perform in a wine bottle. A team from the Universidad Politéchnica de Madrid, INIA-CIFOR and the Universidad de...
Gee-whiz science yields high res climate models
November 21, 2014
A climate scientist has used the powerful supercomputers at Berkeley Laboratory to carry out ‘gee-whiz science’, producing high resolution models predicting extreme storms caused by climate change. These models, developed...
Safer fracking thanks to new early warning system
November 6, 2014
New technology developed at the University of Nottingham could be used as an early warning system to make fracking safer. The surveying software – PUNNET GEO – can provide a...
Weather forecasting set to improve
October 29, 2014
A new £97m supercomputer could put an end to the complaints about weather forecasting accuracy. The computer – to be housed at the Met Office headquarters in Exeter and the...
Dry roasting a trigger for peanut allergy
October 1, 2014
There is a striking difference between the prevalence of peanut allergies in the Western world and the East and it could be down to the way the nuts are prepared.Dry...
Extremophile key to nuclear waste disposal
September 19, 2014
A subterranean bacterium could solve the problem of how to dispose of nuclear waste say researchers at the University of Manchester. This is the first time a microbe capable of...
New threat to ozone layer
September 17, 2014
The Antarctic ozone hole is beginning to show signs of recovery, but a new threat is lurking suggests a report from the United Nations: “new” CFCs discovered in the atmosphere....
Winter weather set to get more erratic
September 12, 2014
Extreme variations in pressure over the North Atlantic are responsible for our increasingly erratic winter weather. Conditions in the UK range from mild, wet and stormy, to incredibly cold and...
Rock breaking research offers insight into fracking
September 2, 2014
In a ground breaking discovery, geologists have discovered what else escapes from fractured shale other than methane.The finding, published in Environmental Science and Technology could have important implications for fracking,...
Ancient shellfish provide clues to El Niño history
August 22, 2014
New insight into the El Niño Southern Oscillation has been provided by 25-foot piles of ancient shellfish remains. Researchers analysing the shells have found El Niños 10,000 years ago were...
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