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Scientists reinvent the wheel

July 20, 2007
Scientists are using the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence to develop the world’s first thinking car wheel.

Water Purification

July 19, 2007
No other compound is so widely used in the laboratory, but is your water of sufficient quality? Here, Simon Charlesworth guides us through the process of water purification.

Double explosion changes view of star death

July 18, 2007
Witnessing a stellar explosion is unique enough – but to see two in the same location is unheard of. Until now that is.

Hitting the spot

July 17, 2007
In the post genomic era new techniques seemed to appear overnight and many disappeared just as quickly. Here we discover how microarray spotting robots have survived – just.

Nobel laureate opens nano centre

July 16, 2007
A new interdisciplinary research centre set up to break down academic boundaries in nanotechnology has been opened by Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Harry Kroto.

You must be joking

July 13, 2007
Is it possible to scientifically measure someone’s sense of humour? Are there universally good or bad jokes that make people laugh no matter their gender, profession or cultural background? These...

Liquid telescope to be put on the moon

July 12, 2007
Scientists are hoping to get near perfect views of stars and distant galaxies by putting a telescope on the moon.

Slime mould holds key to pain relief

July 12, 2007
One of nature’s simplest organisms has helped Scientists to unravel the structure of a key molecule that controls pain in humans.

Best of British gear up for Bio-Olympics

July 12, 2007
Four of the country’s best young scientists are gearing up to the 2007 International Biology Olympiad by honing their skills at the University of Kent.

Ice ice maybe

July 11, 2007
Scientists have begun to unravel how individual water molecules come together to form ice crystals and in doing so hope to have made a crucial breakthrough in predicting the weather.

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