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The mystery of the vanishing Martian methane

September 7, 2009
The 2004 discovery of methane means that either there is life on Mars, or that volcanic activity continues to generate heat below the martian surface. Now, the ESA plans to...

Chemistry in fine health – but definitely room for improvement

September 4, 2009
An international review of chemistry research in the UK has found that despite overall health being good, there are potentially dangerous gaps in the intellectual core of the discipline.

Ancient primate shifts human origins

September 2, 2009
Did our evolutionary ancestors come from Asia and not Africa?

Nanodiamonds are a wounds best friend

August 27, 2009
New research has shown that nanodiamonds can be used to deliver insulin to combat infections in serious wounds.

Public private partnership set out for Daresbury

August 27, 2009
Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus has set out a unique, long-term opportunity for a private sector partner to develop up to 1 million square feet of space and to provide...

Will transparent metal make invisibility a reality?

August 27, 2009
Researchers from the University of Oxford have created a new transparent form of aluminium which may have implications for astrophysics and nuclear fusion.

Incentive and reward key to good Knowledge transfer

August 21, 2009
Unico - UK knowledge transfer association - has published the results of a survey suggesting technology/knowledge transfer is now seen as a part of the higher education institution strategy and...

2000 year old material used in body armour

August 19, 2009
Engineers at the University of Leeds are working on a new type of body armour made from cement.

Coral heading for disaster warn Zoological Society

August 17, 2009
Coral reef survival is balancing on a knife edge as the effects of ocean acidification and warming threaten to push reefs to the brink of extinction this century, warns a...

A watched nanopillar always bends…

August 14, 2009
UK researchers have solved a rather bendy nanotechnology problem by realising that observation itself, rather than an inherent property, can be at fault.

Galileo ahead of the game – by 234 years

August 12, 2009
Galileo knew he had discovered a new planet in 1613, 234 years before its official discovery date, according to a new theory by a University of Melbourne physicist.

Killer cell secret key to immunological puzzle

August 10, 2009
Scientists say they have solved a great immunological puzzle as they explain how the body’s immune system differentiates between healthy cells and diseased or cancerous cells which should be destroyed.

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