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Robot scientist sets out on path of discovery

May 11, 2009
Researchers say they have created the first machine to independently discover new scientific knowledge.

Bees sniff out floral fraud

May 8, 2009
Nectar producing plants beware - when it comes to spotting a fraud, bees have a nose second to none.

Prize for test tube based cancer model

May 6, 2009
British scientists have won a prize for replacing animal experiments in medical research for the development of a test tube based 3-D model of human breast cancer.

Home monitoring for HIV sufferers

May 5, 2009
The London Centre for Nanotechnology will develop a new device to empower HIV sufferers to monitor their own health and reaction to treatments.

Staying trim is good for the environment

May 5, 2009
Maintaining a healthy body weight is good news for the environment, according to a new study.

Viral battery punches above weight

May 5, 2009
Viruses genetically engineered at MIT can build batteries with the same energy capacity and power performance as state-of-the-art rechargeable batteries used in hybrid cars.

Is science failing a starving world?

May 4, 2009
Unless extra funding is pumped into agricultural research - severe food shortages could be only 20 years away

Twisting solar waves release more energy than 10 billion atomic bombs

April 23, 2009
Massive solar twisting waves - which explain the mystery of why the Sun’s corona is hotter than its surface - have been discovered by scientists.

Planet modelling technology used to find heart defects

April 23, 2009
Geologists investigating the early formation of planets have applied their modelling techniques to medicine and showed how their methods can be used to detect heart defects.

Pump holds key to antibiotic resistance

April 23, 2009
Scientists at the University of Cambridge believe that they have found the missing link in the fight against antibiotic resistant bacteria.

Giant stingray could be worlds biggest

April 20, 2009
As part of an exhibition to explore the freshwater fish of southeast Asia - scientists caught what could be the world’s biggest stingray.

Brain waves get together for a jam

April 17, 2009
When musicians play along together it isn’t just their instruments that are in time - their brain waves are too.

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