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UK should put humans in space

October 22, 2007
The UK should have involvement in both human and robotic elements of space exploration if it wants to play a full role in the unique opportunities that will define space...

Ultimate model? On yer Bike!

October 19, 2007
Here is a teaser for you - How on earth is it possible that a moving bicycle can, all by itself, be so stable?

Researchers face Oblivion

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

Results challenge core knowledge

October 15, 2007
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.

Listen up – ears are older than we thought

October 12, 2007
A new finding suggests that the modern ear may have developed much sooner that scientists had previously thought.

Chemistry Nobel Prize goes to surface chemist

October 10, 2007
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...

L.A.B. 2009 to be more British

October 10, 2007
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.

Biobank confusion cleared up by new guidelines

October 10, 2007
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...

Physics Nobel goes to hard drive poineers

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

Nobel goes to knock out kings

October 8, 2007
Two US scientists and their UK collaborator have been awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for their groundbreaking work in gene technology.

Lord Winston speaks out against ‘blinkered’ regulations

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

New gum avoids sticky situations

October 5, 2007
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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