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No such thing as a safe tan

October 13, 2008
After an underwhelming summer, you may be entertaining thoughts of topping up your tan on the sun bed, but according to several new studies there may be no such thing...

Fast food set to make criminal sweat

October 13, 2008
The inventor of a new forensic fingerprinting technique claims criminals who eat processed foods are more likely to be discovered by police through their fingerprint sweat corroding metal.

Physicists tune in to big questions

October 10, 2008
In a month dominated by Cern and the study of the very small, a group of astronomers from the UK have joined an innovative project that looks at outer, rather...

Memories are made of this

October 8, 2008
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...

School in store for iPhone style desks

October 6, 2008
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.

Science and art set to combine for arctic trip

October 3, 2008
Science and art has come together in an expedition to monitor the sensitive and rapidly changing Arctic environment.

Science divided over Royal Society “creationism” resignation

October 1, 2008
Director of education steps down after suggesting creationism should be discussed in science lessons

Public-private initiative for sustainable chemicals

September 19, 2008
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...

Met office strike supercomputer deal with IBM

September 19, 2008
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.

Plastic fantastic for bug killing film

September 17, 2008
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.

Robot submarine dives deep for first mission

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

Maggots serve up an antibiotic treat

September 15, 2008
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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