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Listen up – our hearing is perfect for a cocktail party

March 20, 2008
Ever managed to isolate what a particular person is saying while simultaneously ignoring what another nearby person is saying? Well now scientists have discovered how we can control our hearing...

ET targeted for a spot of consumerism

March 20, 2008
First came unmanned probes then a dog, and then the space race’s crowning achievement – man. Now - for better or for worse - it seems that adverts are also...

World’s strongest creature harbours colour change secret

March 20, 2008
Not only is the aptly named Hercules Beetle the strongest creature in the world, capable of lifting 850 times its own weight, it mysteriously changes colour depending on the humidity.

Ol’ blue eyes is back

March 19, 2008
New research suggests that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor.

Containing success

March 18, 2008
The key to good research and development is reproducibility of results, but with the vast array of variables that challenge the modern scientist, any help is a welcome addition to...

Diamond synchrotron preserves Tudor war ship

March 17, 2008
Cutting edge synchrotron technology generating light beams 10 billion times brighter than the sun are being used to probe the Tudor war ship, the Mary Rose.

UK students create a STORM in space

March 14, 2008
An instrument designed and developed by research students at the University of Southampton has visited space on board the space shuttle Atlantis.

Its a question of conservation

March 13, 2008
The conservation of rare and low-yielding biological samples is becoming increasingly important as investigators routinely work with methods using progressively smaller amounts of isolated sample. Here Philippe Desjardins tells us...

Sprouts can damage ecosystem

March 12, 2008
Children and greenfly may have something else in common apart from being little pests – neither is keen on Brussels sprouts.

Backing a winner

March 11, 2008
Bringing a drug to market has been likened to betting on a horse race - implementing a data driven strategy early in clinical development could mean you back the odds...

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