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Rare particle decay found

May 21, 2015
After the four years of analysis of LHC data, scientists at CERN have detected a rare decay of a particle known as B0s particle. Scientist from the CMS and LHCb...

Blood test can predict future breast cancer

May 19, 2015
Scientists have discovered that a method known as biocontour profiling can predict breast cancer.A research team at the University of Copenhagen used blood samples and found that metabolic profiling of...

Just what colour is time?

May 14, 2015
New research suggests colour is a reliable sensory mechanism for telling the time of day. By constructing an artificial sky, a research team at the University of Manchester found that...

Metamaterial hails efficient wireless power transfer

May 13, 2015
By using metasurfaces rather than antennas, scientists created an electromagnetic energy collector that can achieve full absorption of waves. A research team at the University of Waterloo in Canada used...

Martian anti-freeze makes liquid water possible

May 11, 2015
Data from NASA’s rover – Curiosity – has shown that liquid water could exist on Mars. A research team at the University of Copenhagen used soil data and discovered that...

Graphene speeds up light conversion

May 8, 2015
Researchers have created a graphene-based photodetector to convert absorbed light to electricity at ultrafast speeds. Scientists at the Institute of Photonic Sciences in Spain used graphene to create a photodetector...

Printed flowers unravel moth mystery

May 7, 2015
By using artificial flowers, ecologists have found that flower shape affects the foraging behaviour of hawk moths. A research team at the University of Washington used 3D printing to make...

Low-energy collisions at the LHC

May 6, 2015
For the first time since the restart of the Large Hadron Collider – the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator – low-energy proton collisions have been delivered. Following two...

Ice ages explain decline in avian biodiversity

May 6, 2015
By studying bird species, scientists have discovered that major decline in biodiversity coincides with ice ages rather than human activities. Researchers at Uppsala University’s Evolutionary Biology Centre used mathematical calculations...

Quantum fluctuation explains missing neutrinos

May 4, 2015
After three years of data collection, scientists have discovered why only one form of neutrino can be recorded. A research team led by the University of Copenhagen used data from...

It’s not all CSI at the forensics exhibition

April 27, 2015
Wellcome Collection has opened an exhibition focused on the history, science and art of forensic medicine. 'Forensics: The anatomy of crime' exhibition covers from crime scene to courtroom, across centuries and...

€2.7 billion funding cut for EU researchers

April 27, 2015
At the Science Business Horizon 2020 conference, the European education commissioner – Tibor Navracsics – supported a €2.7 billion cut from the European Commission’s research and European Institute for Innovation...

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