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Ig Nobel Prizes awarded

October 10, 2005
If you didn’t pick up a Nobel Prize, then take heart…

Nobel Prize awards announced

October 10, 2005
The Nobel Prizes for chemistry, physics and physiology or medicine have been awarded this week for research in areas as diverse as optics and dancing chemicals

fish sees ancient world in technicolour

October 6, 2005
The Australian lungfish - one of the world’s oldest fishes - may have better colour vision than humans

Visions of science winners chosen

September 27, 2005
The winners of the 2005 Novartis and The Daily Telegraph photographic awards - visions of science - have been announced

Asthma and allergy cure a step closer

September 27, 2005
Scientists are one step closer to finding a cure for asthma and allergic reactions after the structure of a key molecule in these two conditions is revealed

Physics for all!

September 27, 2005
A new scheme offering students up to £1000 a year to study physics has been opened by the Institute of Physics to try and encourage more students to take the...

Motorway forces lab move

September 23, 2005
A family firm that has weathered the depression, two World Wars and the rapidly-changing nature of 20th century technology has had to move because of an extention to a motorway

Tropical adventure for UK scientists

September 21, 2005
A team of scientists have been awarded £500,000 to establish a centre in the tropical Atlantic Ocean to monitor ozone gases in the atmosphere

National Science Week awards

August 30, 2005
Research Councils UK have announced an awards scheme for researchers looking for funds to support their public engagement activities during National Science Week in March 2006.

Einstein manuscript found

August 30, 2005
The original manuscript of a paper Albert Einstein published in 1925 has been found in the archives of the Lorentz Institute for Theoretical Physics in the Netherlands

Patients at risk if technology not delivered

August 30, 2005
Patients will miss out on new medical technologies and innovations due to a reduction in NICE assessment capacity.

New Mars mission to find Beagle 2

August 11, 2005
Hopes are high that the UK’s lost Mars mission, Beagle 2 can be traced as Nasa launches the biggest space craft ever to be sent to Mars – The Mars...

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