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Most violent explosion since Big Bang captured

March 5, 2009
UK astronomers, using a telescope aboard the NASA Swift Satellite, have captured information from the most violent and luminous explosion since the Big Bang.

Transgenic mosquitoes set to beat malaria

March 5, 2009
Work published in the Public Library of Science, suggests that the spread of malaria can be controlled with the introduction of transgenic mosquitoes into native mosquito population.

Joined-up infectious disease research called for

March 5, 2009
The Royal Society has called on the Government to create a National Institute for Infectious Diseases, which would integrate research on diseases affecting both humans and animals.

Ultrasound key to battle against water polluting painkillers

March 4, 2009
An international team of scientists has developed a novel method for eliminating pharmaceutical products from water using ultrasound treatment.

An electronic future for biology?

March 2, 2009
Future medical research will focus increasingly on electronic data, with less need both for laboratory animals and tissue samples

Computer games are hot stuff in fire training

February 23, 2009
Researchers say that violent computer games may have a role to play in fire safety.

Nuts – the food of last resort

February 23, 2009
Anthropologists from the University of Vienna have discovered that the earliest humans ingested large nuts and seeds, which today we would find very difficult to chew, never mind digest.

Rainforests will suffer more due to climate change

February 23, 2009
Scientists say if current climate change and use of the Amazon rainforests continue unchallenged, the dieback of the rainforests is inevitable.

Sight beyond sight for astrophysicists

February 23, 2009
A new technique allows scientists to accurately image an asteroid 200 million kilometres away.

Is tetris the post-traumatic wonder cure

February 20, 2009
You might imagine that the blocky graphics and incessant beeps of Tetris tend to increase stress levels - but now psychologists think that a game or two of the classic...

European patent system stifling innovation

February 18, 2009
The lack of a Europe-wide community patent poses "incredible challenges" for small businesses and undermines the EU's goal of becoming the most competitive knowledge-based economy in the world, according to...

Have a look at what this dolphin is saying

February 16, 2009
In an important breakthrough in deciphering dolphin language, researchers in Great Britain and the United States have examined not the sound, but the shape dolphin ultrasound makes in the water.

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