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Can an equation determine potential habitats?

October 16, 2009
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Researchers are laying the groundwork for a new equation that could mathematically quantify a habitat’s potential for hosting life, in a similar way to how the Drake equation estimates the...
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Algae nanostructure makes ideal battery

October 14, 2009
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A group of researchers have discovered that the perfect environmentally friendly battery could be inspired by algae.
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Real research for kids’ education centre

October 12, 2009
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The first children’s science education centre based within a working medical research laboratory has opened its doors and is ready to inspire the next generation of biologists.
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XBox does science as well as games

October 12, 2009
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It has become a gamer’s best friend and given Microsoft hordes of young fans – but now one researcher thinks it could have answers for the scientific computing community too.
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Researchers begin to crack magnetic mystery

October 9, 2009
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A seven decade magnetic mystery involving space hunts and quantum probes could have ended thanks to an international research team.
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Pokemon and 2012 Olympics set off epilepsy trail

October 9, 2009
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What did an episode of the Pokemon cartoon in 1997 and the promotion of the 2012 London Olympics have in common?
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Plants set ablaze to improve risk maps

October 9, 2009
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A team of researchers have been setting alight plant life to test a new method that measures how different plant species respond to fire.
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A simple pollution solution

October 9, 2009
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Researchers from the University of Leeds have found that pedestrians can significantly reduce their traffic pollution intake by simply crossing the road.
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Honeybee queens too conservative in the bedroom

October 7, 2009
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The answer to the decline in honeybee numbers could lay in the bedroom habits of the queen say University of Leeds scientists.
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Eureka moment offers neuron breakthrough

October 5, 2009
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Fifty years after it was originally discovered, scientists finally have an idea of the function of a microscopic network of tubules found in neurons.
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Is it time to change how we think of fossil fuels?

October 2, 2009
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Battling with scientific consensus, one scientist says we have got it wrong when to comes to oil and gas
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Hey scientist – just how do you think?

September 24, 2009
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Dr Nancy J Nersessian has studied the cognitive processes that underlie scientific creativity by observing scientists at work in their laboratories – and she thinks she has the answer.
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