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Autumn warming reduces carbon uptake

January 29, 2008
Research has suggested that, in terms of carbon, we lose more than we gain from warmer autumns.

Chemical engineers scoop Dragon’s Den style award

January 18, 2008
A team of UK Chemical Engineers have won the support of an International PR agency, after being awarded top spot in a Dragon’s Den style competition.

Feel the heat with legionella

January 16, 2008
Lack of compliance with HSE guidelines for the control of Legionella have been identified as one of the main reasons for a string of high-profile outbreaks in recent times. Geoff...

Hydrogen power squeezed into reality

January 16, 2008
The prospect of hydrogen-fuelled cars may be one step closer thanks to a new form of compound discovered by scientists at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility.

Infections gets nosis put out of joint

January 14, 2008
The UK’s National Centre for Zoonosis Research, dedicated to the study of animal-borne human diseases, has been opened at the University of Liverpool.

UK cuts research budget as Europe pushes for greater spend

January 11, 2008
Public spending on medical research in Europe should be doubled over the next ten years to ensure the health and welfare of Europe’s citizens and to nurture a thriving medical...

It’s all in the balance

January 10, 2008
Modern microbalances, or more properly recording microbalances, have little in common with the traditional concept of weight measurement. Here, Tony Roberts looks at the applications for microbalances in R&D and...

Strong BERT quells ERNI

January 10, 2008
BERT and ERNI may be familiar to Sesame Street fans, but now researchers have found that play a vital role in embryonic development.

Turning physics up to 11

January 10, 2008
Rock guitars, superstrings, 11 dimensions and the world’s largest and highest energy particle accelerator are the lead instruments for the Institute of Physics’ latest drive to get kids interested in...

Plucking scientists get to root of problem

January 10, 2008
It sounds like something from a science fiction novel: Pluck a few of someone’s hairs, and four to six weeks later they have grown into a piece of skin -...

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