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Nautricity gains grant to harness tidal energy

October 26, 2012
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A spin-out company from the University of Strathclyde has been awarded £1.4 million to help it harness tidal energy.Nautricity, a Glasgow-based company capable of generating 500kW of electricity, will use...
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The hungry black hole

October 25, 2012
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A black hole in our galaxy may devour an approaching cloud of dust and gas known as G2. Supercomputer simulations suggest that some of G2 will survive the eating, but...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Super nanoparticles assemble

October 25, 2012
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Chemists from the University of Florida have developed a technique for growing new materials from nanorods.The study marks a breakthrough in the field, demonstrating how thermodynamic forces can manipulate nanoparticle...
Chemistry, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanotechnology
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Fear skews spatial perception

October 25, 2012
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Fear can skew our spatial perception of approaching objects, suggests a study published in Current Biology.Stella Lourenco, from Emory University and Matthew Longo at Birkbeck tested the effect of fear...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Neuroscience
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Modelling embryo development

October 24, 2012
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Biologists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have studied how gene networks control development in sea-urchin embryos for the last decade. Now, for the first time, they have built...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Serpentine solution for heart disease

October 23, 2012
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Researchers have identified two proteins, including one from snake venom that may have applications for developing novel drugs for treating high blood pressure and heart disease. The study was led...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Pathology
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Robots with whiskers

October 22, 2012
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Whisker-possessing, rodent-like robots with innovative tactile sensor systems have been developed that could have a number of applications, including helping to locate people in burning buildings.Sensor systems that replicate the...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology
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Stem cells, quantum physics and fight or flight: The Nobel winners 2012

October 20, 2012
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The most prestigious and publicised awards in the science world were announced last month. Stem cell research, ground-breaking quantum methods and the mechanism behind one of the most important group...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Quantum Physics
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Disintegrating planet has comet-like tail

October 19, 2012
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Astronomers have discovered a faraway planet with a dusty tail. In May 2012, researchers announced that they might have detected a disintegrating exoplanet. Roughly the size of Mercury, the planet...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Laser beam 3D “painting” technique developed

October 17, 2012
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A new method, developed at the Vienna University of Technology, uses laser beams to fix molecules at exactly the right position in a three-dimensional material. The technology will have a...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Materials Science
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Building a clock that will last forever

October 15, 2012
News
An experimental design for creating a space-time crystal has been proposed by scientists at Berkeley Lab, based on an electric-field ion trap and the Coulomb repulsion of particles that carry...
Physics & Engineering
Physics
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Detecting disease beneath the skin

October 15, 2012
News
An international team of researchers has developed an advanced optics system to noninvasively detect disease by looking underneath the skin at blood vessel networks. One day, the high resolution 3D...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Medical Diagnostics, Oncology
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