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Next generation power source reliant on people power

September 14, 2007
Forget wind, wave or bio-fuels - the next source of power generation could come from something much closer to home - you.

Thunderstorms not cut out for city living

September 12, 2007
A team of US scientists have found that thunderstorms can become much fiercer when they collide with a city.

First 3-D images set cell biology in a spin

September 10, 2007
A new imaging technique has allowed scientists to create the first 3D images of a living cell, using a method similar to the X-ray CT scans doctors use to see...

River dolphin declared extinct

September 7, 2007
Scientists have concluded after a six-week long search that The Yangtze River dolphin - a freshwater dolphin found only in China - is “likely to be extinct”.

Military ‘too influential’ say scientists

September 5, 2007
The military has too much influence on scientific research - a situation caused by flawed government thinking, according to a new briefing from ethical science group, Scientists for Global Responsibility.

Scientists find that ‘little voice’ in your head

September 3, 2007
Scientists claim to have found the ‘little voice’ in your head that pipes up when you start to think twice about sending that angry e-mail.

Social cells could hold key to disease

August 31, 2007
Changing the social habits of cells could help develop cleaner fuel and fight cancer and diabetes say scientists from The University of Manchester.

String theory gets European award

August 31, 2007
An ambitious project is underway to discover the elusive unified theory of everything by examining the universe’s stringy birth.

YouTube for scientists launched

August 31, 2007
As the world becomes more and more obsessed with podcasts and YouTube - the scientific community now has its own online video outlet.

Throbbing oil puzzle solved

August 30, 2007
Scientists in the US have solved an age old scientific problem that you may not have even realised existed - why is it that a mixture of oil, detergent and...

Machine beats man at his own game

August 28, 2007
US scientists have developed a computer programme that they say can’t lose at the popular board game draughts.

Scientists close in on anaesthetic action

August 24, 2007
An important clue to how anaesthetics work on the human body has been provided by the discovery of a molecular feature common to both the human brain and the great...

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