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UK team develop swarming robots

April 18, 2008
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A new project is to investigate how swarms of miniature robots can work and evolve together.
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Safe guarding Earth’s data

April 16, 2008
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The amount of information being generated about our planet is increasing at an exponential rate but, say the European Space Agency, it must be easily accessible in order to apply...
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Is a cup of tea the answer to everything – even anthrax?

April 14, 2008
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A new study by an international team of researchers has revealed how the humble cup of tea could well be an antidote to Bacillus anthracis – more commonly know as...
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Astro-amino acids suggest life fell from the stars

April 11, 2008
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The theory of panspermia - that life on planets like Earth and Mars was seeded from space - has received a boost as scientists claim to have found amino acids...
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A bridge too far

April 10, 2008
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Small sample size is a problem often encountered in laboratory life, but scientists at the National Physical Laboratory have tackled an altogether different problem with their biggest sample yet –...
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Planet hunters score a perfect 10

April 10, 2008
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The discovery of 10 new planets has been announced at the Royal Astronomical Society’s largest ever National Astronomy Meeting.
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Caffeine helps brain fight cholesterol

April 10, 2008
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Scientists have given those that like a morning doughnut every now and then a top tip for countering some of the affects of cholesterol - have it with a nice...
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Sharks shop for food just like us

April 9, 2008
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Sharks and other marine animals find food using a similar search pattern to the way people may shop, according to one of the largest analyses of foraging behaviour attempted so...
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Penicillin back in bug war

April 7, 2008
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Research has uncovered how Streptococcus pneumoniae has become resistant to the antibiotic penicillin. The same research could open up MRSA to attack by penicillin and help create a library of...
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Budget sells short green issues

April 4, 2008
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The environmentally focused budget predicted by many did not materialise and although the chancellor had much to say on green issues, action was thinner on the ground. However it was...
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Foot-and-mouth lab ‘ineffective’ says review

April 2, 2008
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It was “creeping degradation of standards” at the Institute for Animal Health’s Pirbright laboratories that led to last year’s foot-and-mouth outbreak an independent inquiry has said.
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Mobile camera developers snap up commercial prize

March 31, 2008
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Four researchers from the University of Edinburgh, who all played a key role in the development of the mobile phone camera, have been awarded the Rank Prize for their work...
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