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Supernova explosions recreated in the lab

June 12, 2014
News
A scaled supernova explosion has been recreated in the laboratory using lasers 60,000 billion times more powerful than laser pointers. An international team of researchers used the Vulcan laser at...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Physics
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Mega-Earth found in Kepler-10c

June 6, 2014
News
The ‘Godzilla of Earths’ has been discovered by astronomers; the new type of planet is a mega-Earth; a rocky world weighing 17 times as much as Earth. It was believed...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Aerospace company set to communicate with NASA spacecraft

June 4, 2014
News
Aerospace company SkyCorp Inc have been given the go ahead to attempt to communicate with a 35-year-old NASA spacecraft. International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 (ISEE-3) was launched in 1978 to study the...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Celebrating Great British Science

June 3, 2014
News
Frank James, Professor of the History of Science at the Royal Institution, has nominated Faraday’s electro-magnetic induction ring as his Great British Scientific breakthroughAfter about ten years of searching Michael...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemistry, Physics
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SMRs to improve nuclear power safety

May 21, 2014
News
New research from the University of Lincoln suggests a new, smaller type of nuclear reactor might be a suitable candidate to meet the world’s growing demand for energy, while simultaneously...
Physics & Engineering
Physics, Thermodynamics
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New understanding of gamma-ray bursts

May 15, 2014
News
New observations suggest that gamma-ray bursts behave differently than previously thought. Theories predicted that light from the afterglow of a gamma-ray burst (GRB) would only be polarised linearly and not...
Physics & Engineering
Physics, Theoretical Physics
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Clean catalyst for methanol production

May 5, 2014
News
A potentially clean, low-cost way to convert carbon dioxide into methanol while reducing harmful by-products like carbon monoxide has been discovered by researchers in America. A team from Stanford University...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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Ancient Mercury’s volcanic past

April 25, 2014
News
Volcanoes exploded on Mercury for a large proportion of the planet’s history according to detailed data from Messenger. The spacecraft’s first fly-bys of Mercury in 2008 pointed to its explosive...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Physics, Volcanology
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Greater London population at risk of future heat waves

April 23, 2014
News
Properly adapting buildings for climate change could significantly reduce the risk of heat-related deaths say researchers who have modelled the effects of future heat waves on the Greater London population...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Pathology, Physics, Thermodynamics
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Fred Turner on his homebuilt PCR machine

April 14, 2014
Insight
Fred Turner, an undergraduate studying biochemistry at the University of Oxford was recently listed in the 100 leading practising scientists – we find out why. You’ve just been listed in...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Engineering, Interviews
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