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Will robots increase the class divide?

January 8, 2009
A Spanish study has looked at the future impact of robots on society and concludes that a technological imbalance may be caused over the next 12 years between those who...

Euro threat to MRI scanners

January 7, 2009
Urgent action and public pressure is still required to stop the European Union adopting legislation restricting use of MRI scanners in the UK and throughout Europe say the Institute of...

The new wave

January 5, 2009
2000 PhD students to take on big problems with £250million new funding

A real blow for the sneezes

December 22, 2008
For those sufferers of allergic rhinitis – scientists at Oxford University have some good Christmas news for you.

Tis the season to be contrary

December 22, 2008
In the build up to Christmas tempers may well be frayed – but fear not, endocrinology may hold the key to a calm yuletide.

…FIVE gold rings

December 22, 2008
As Christmas and the credit crunch collide, is it the men that are feeling the pinch the most? We may joke about the mid-life crisis Porsche but is there any...

Is UK business missing out on science talent?

December 15, 2008
The UK risks losing out on top talent unless the Government and business works harder to foster a culture of innovation in the UK, according to new research by Toshiba.

Bloodhound seeks 1,000mph record

December 12, 2008
In the challenge to create a car capable of 1,000mph, Richard Noble OBE has turned to world class UK research.

First images of multi-planet system

December 12, 2008
An international team of astronomers has become the first to capture images of a multi-planet system around a normal star, much like our own solar system.

Search for origin of life reaches interstellar dust

December 10, 2008
Interstellar dust particles - not, you might imagine, the dampest places in the universe - but most of the water in the universe is in the form of very cold...

Stone baked fossils give up secrets

December 8, 2008
Scientists are getting closer to solving a 500-million year old mystery - how do fossils heated to over 300°C in the Earth’s while at the mercy of tectonic forces survive?

DNA – protein journey controlled by activator

December 8, 2008
Scientists at Imperial College have announced the discovery of specialist activator proteins that start the process of converting the genes in DNA into proteins.

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