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Researchers face Oblivion

October 17, 2007
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Scientists have helped to capture the essence of excitement with a live experiment that measured the thrill factor of riding a rollercoaster.
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Results challenge core knowledge

October 15, 2007
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Scientists have discovered that the Earth’s core behaves very differently than predicted by models in the first experiments able to mimic the crushing, searing conditions found in Earth’s lower mantle.
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Listen up – ears are older than we thought

October 12, 2007
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A new finding suggests that the modern ear may have developed much sooner that scientists had previously thought.
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Biobank confusion cleared up by new guidelines

October 10, 2007
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The use of Biobanks looks set to change the way biological research is carried out in the future, but the vast array of guidelines set up to control their use...
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Chemistry Nobel Prize goes to surface chemist

October 10, 2007
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has gone to German Gerhard Ertl for groundbreaking surface chemistry work that helped us understand why iron rusts how fuel cells function and how the...
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L.A.B. 2009 to be more British

October 10, 2007
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For those of you that missed the delights of the L.A.B. show - held at Excel, London, at the beginning of October - you really didn’t miss much.
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Physics Nobel goes to hard drive poineers

October 9, 2007
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This year’s physics Nobel Prize is awarded for the technology that is used to read data on hard disks.
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Nobel goes to knock out kings

October 8, 2007
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Two US scientists and their UK collaborator have been awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for their groundbreaking work in gene technology.
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Lord Winston speaks out against ‘blinkered’ regulations

October 7, 2007
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Lord Robert Winston has accused “blinkered” regulations of holding up his research aimed at creating transgenic organs for transplantation.
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New gum avoids sticky situations

October 5, 2007
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Scientists are hoping that stepping in gum won’t be such a sticky situation anymore - as they have invented nonstick gum.
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Beetles toxic steam inspires researchers

October 4, 2007
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Researchers are using an insect that sprays its predators with toxic steam to inspire new types of nebulisers, needle-free injections, fire extinguishers and powerful fuel injection systems.
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Ozone – the fallen super-hero?

October 4, 2007
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Ever thought of ozone of a super-hero that could turn bad at any moment? Well one scientist thinks you should – and has produced a comic strip to show the...
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