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Memories are made of this

October 8, 2008
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For the first time scientists have recorded individual brain cells in the act of calling up a memory, revealing where in the brain a specific memory is stored and how...
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School in store for iPhone style desks

October 6, 2008
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Schools could be set for a Star Trek make-over thanks to the development of the world’s first interactive classroom by researchers at Durham University.
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Science and art set to combine for arctic trip

October 3, 2008
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Science and art has come together in an expedition to monitor the sensitive and rapidly changing Arctic environment.
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Science divided over Royal Society “creationism” resignation

October 1, 2008
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Director of education steps down after suggesting creationism should be discussed in science lessons
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Public-private initiative for sustainable chemicals

September 19, 2008
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A new research initiative, bringing together the UK's main public funder of bioscience research with 10 companies, has been launched to accelerate development of technologies required for the sustainable production...
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Met office strike supercomputer deal with IBM

September 19, 2008
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In a deal worth £33M, IBM is to provide the Met Office with its next generation supercomputer that will underpin its weather forecast and climate research programmes up to 2013.
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Plastic fantastic for bug killing film

September 17, 2008
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Scientists in Switzerland say they have created a plastic film that’s up to 1000 times more effective at killing E. coli bacteria than conventional methods.
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Robot submarine dives deep for first mission

September 17, 2008
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Autosub6000, the UK’s deepest-diving robot submarine, has successfully completed its first science mission in the deep Atlantic Ocean.
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Maggots serve up an antibiotic treat

September 15, 2008
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The battle against the rise of antibiotic resistance has taken one group of scientists back to an age-old method of tackling infection.
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Agricultural disease emerged from harmless virus

September 12, 2008
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Scientists have discovered that one of the world’s most important agricultural diseases emerged when two relatively harmless wild grass infecting viruses mutated over 100 years ago.
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LHC at Cern powers-up successfully

September 10, 2008
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The worlds largest ever physics experiment - designed to probe the very existence of all the matter in the universe has been successfully started.
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New species of bacteria gets mouthy

September 9, 2008
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No one likes to think of their mouth as a haven for microbes, but no matter how hard we brush, our buccal cavity is a mini-butlins for billions of bugs...
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