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A giant leap for geology

January 21, 2009
Physicists have cracked the mystery behind the strange and uncannily well-ordered hexagonal columns found at Northern Ireland's Giant's Causeway and California's Devil's Postpile, using water, corn starch, and a heat...

Xtreme scientists conquer Everest to find lowest blood oxygen levels

January 21, 2009
A team of mountaineering doctors from UCL have reported the lowest human blood oxygen levels ever recorded.

A map like no other

January 21, 2009
Astronomers from UK universities are to take on the mammoth challenge of mapping the distribution of stars and black holes from when the Universe was less than a billion years...

Cheating ants ousted by chemistry

January 21, 2009
The want to reproduce is the most natural instinct in the animal world except - it would seem - for ants.

Nano-networking

January 20, 2009
Nanotechnology and microtechnology are now, more than ever, being recognised as important forms of wealth and job creation for the UK and Europe. But, say the NanoKTN, interest in commercialising...

Alzheimer’s research suggests recovery possible

January 19, 2009
Researchers have discovered that the brain's circuitry survives longer than previously thought in diseases of ageing such as Alzheimer's disease.

Mystery of Mars is a washout

January 16, 2009
Scientists have proposed that some of the least understood features on Mars were formed when large amounts of groundwater burst on to the surface.

A European view

January 15, 2009
More and more frequently European users of Microbiological Safety Cabinets (MSCs) are being offered "Total Exhaust" or B2 cabinets. These cabinets are described in the American standard, NSF/ANSI 49. This...

Divide and conquer

January 15, 2009
Seperating minute sub-populations of cells has taken cell biology forward in leaps and bounds. Here, Dr Ayad Eddaoudi and Joanna Sinclair tell us that flow cytometry is more than just...

Bug suicide could reveal new antibiotic

January 14, 2009
Scientists have come to understand the mysterious behaviour of kamikaze bacteria, and they say it could help them develop new kinds of antibiotics.

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