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Biotech buoyant – but fragile

June 19, 2009
Despite worldwide economic turmoil, the global biotechnology industry delivered a solid financial performance in 2008, according to a new report.

Revolution ’ in the high speed imaging of cells

June 18, 2009
Live cell imaging has a problem – how do you image fast cellular events without loosing spatial information? The answer, it turns out, is to get your optics in a...

Astronomers comb the stars for planets

June 17, 2009
Thanks to the ability of astronomers to detect the presence of extrasolar planets orbiting distant stars, scientists today are able to examine hundreds of solar systems - but this also...

Sandcastle secret used for new materials

June 17, 2009
The secret of building a perfect sandcastle is in making sure the sand is neither too wet nor too dry and this technique is now being used to optimise sustainable...

Detecting the undetectable

June 17, 2009
How do you do about detecting something that has yet to be created? Well Scientists from the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Arizona State University, have done just that by uncovered...

Cheltenham Science Festival brings fun and learning

June 17, 2009
Once again, Cheltenham Science Festival brought together an eclectic group of scientists and science communicators with the public in an explosion (quite often literally) of fun and learning.

Taking Control of Tuberculosis

June 16, 2009
Current diagnostic tools take weeks to provide accurate results allowing time for co-infection and spread of disease. Here, Dr Ellen Jo Baron sets the scene for a new diagnostic test...

Nanocrystals key to cheap lasers

June 15, 2009
Scientists think they may have opened the door to dramatically less expensive and more versatile lasers, brighter LED lighting, and biological markers that track how a drug interact with a...

Better batteries? The answer is blowing in the wind…

June 12, 2009
A new generation of electric cars, mobile phones and laptops could be just around the corner thanks to a new kind of air powered battery.

In a spin

June 11, 2009
Just like a DJ working a club - when it comes to getting the perfect mix, it's all about how you spin…

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