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Fluid frenzy at MIT

November 13, 2013
In separate studies, two groups of researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been probing the properties of fluid droplets.Firstly, researchers unexpectedly discovered water droplets that form on a superhydrophobic...

Science Nobels awarded

November 6, 2013
This year’s sciences Nobel Prizes were shared between eight scientists with discoveries ranging from how cells organise their transport systems to complex chemical systems and, perhaps unsurprisingly, to the proposers...

Ultra-compact dwarf galaxy discovered

November 1, 2013
An ultra-compact dwarf galaxy with a density of stars 15,000 times greater than the Milky Way has been discovered by astronomers from Michigan State University.The galaxy – dubbed M60-UCD1 –...

Microfluidics competition

October 2, 2013
Could you design the next generation of microfluidics equipment – then Dolomite need you!The Productizing Science Competition – now in its second year – is looking for innovative microfluidics concepts...

Magellanic Stream mystery solved by Hubble telescope

September 16, 2013
A 40-year old mystery has been solved by astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. They have uncovered the origin of the Magellanic Stream, a long ribbon of gas stretching nearly...

Organic solar cells in a spin

September 13, 2013
Manipulating the ‘spin’ of electrons in organic solar cells can drastically improve their performance, say researchers from Cambridge and Washington. Their findings may have implications in cheap, high performing solar...

Robotic frog improves boring mating call

August 12, 2013
A robotic frog has aided researchers to discover that manipulated mating calls can be very attractive to female túngara frogs. Micheal Ryan and Ryan Taylor conducted the research, published in...

Solar tsunami used to measure Sun’s magnetic field

August 2, 2013
A solar tsunami has been used to provide the first accurate estimates of the Sun’s magnetic field.Solar tsunamis are produced by huge explosions in the Sun’s atmosphere called coronal mass...

Hear a heartbeat in space

July 27, 2013
A new electronic stethoscope designed for NASA could deliver accurate heart and body sounds to doctors assessing the health of astronauts in a noisy spacecraft.Despite the silence of space itself,...

Maths model explains why our Universe is a hologram

July 15, 2013
Researchers have taken a significant step to understanding the physics behind the structure of the Universe according to the holographic principle, by linking the two space-time theories.The Physical Review D...

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