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New clues to source of comet oxygen

July 16, 2018
Scientists have found that molecular oxygen around comet 67P is not produced on its surface, as thought, but may be from its body. The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft escorted...

NPL offer long-term funding

July 16, 2018
A new programme of fellowships has been announced by The National Physical Laboratory which will invest in research over a scientists career.The NPL, the UK’s National Measurement Institute, has opened...

A virtual boat trip at light speed

July 2, 2018
Physicists in Belgium have developed a virtual reality simulation of the theory of relativity as a science education and communication tool.The team from Ghent University made a VR movie –...

Spectacular image of the Rosette Nebula

June 20, 2018
This spectacular image is of the Rosette Nebula and is in the direction of the constellation Monoceros about 5,000 Light Years away from Earth.

Double trouble improves optical sensing at nanoscale

June 18, 2018
The precision of measuring nanoscopic structures could be substantially improved by utilising the quantum effect of interference.Using the approach, researchers from the universities of Warwick and Glasgow have devised a...

A real fantastic voyage

June 14, 2018
When many still think that swarms of medical nanobots in the body are the stuff of science fiction, one group is going further and placing individual nanomotors actually within human...

NMR goes large at Warwick

June 12, 2018
The UK’s first 1 GHz solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer is on its way to the University of Warwick, thanks to £8 million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences...

“Spooky action at a distance” harnessed for telecoms

June 4, 2018
Physicists have succeeded in mastering a technique, which could allow transmission of quantum information over long distance.Professor Jürgen Eschner and his team at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany, have entangled...

Pure chemicals company raises finance

May 18, 2018
A Liverpool based chemical intermediates company has raised £1.5m in equity finance to support the Company’s growth plans and increase production capacity overseas.The Company, originally a spin-out from Liverpool University,...

Everyone is invited to the science party

May 10, 2018
Dallas Campbell is a well-known science populariser and, this month, will be a key speaker at the Scientific Laboratory Show talking about society’s relationship with science, technology and engineering. We...

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