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UK professor wins Lifetime Achievement Award

May 23, 2008
Professor Sir Martin Sweeting, chairman of UK space exploration company Surrey Satellite Technology, has won the 2008 Sir Arthur Clarke Lifetime Achievement Award.

Scientists hope lightning does strike twice

May 21, 2008
A team of European scientists has deliberately triggered electrical activity in thunderclouds for the first time by aiming high-power pulses of laser light into a thunderstorm.

Synthetic biology gives ecosystem clues

May 19, 2008
Bioengineers have used genetically altered bacteria to provide new insights into how the complex relationship of predator and prey.

Plant scientists turn on athlete’s foot

May 16, 2008
A green-fingered approach is being taken by scientists to help the millions of people who suffer the discomfort of itchy, sore feet.

Team burst bubble on cyclone secrets

May 14, 2008
French researchers have discovered that vortices created in soap bubbles behave like hurricanes in the atmosphere.

World’s oldest living tree marker of climate change

May 12, 2008
The world’s oldest recorded tree - clocking in at an ancient 9,550 years old - has been found in Sweden.

Scientists hear power of hurricane

May 9, 2008
Researchers at MIT think that they may be on to a better, cheaper way of detecting the power of a hurricane – simply listen to how strong it is.

Throw out the drummer jokes – rhythm is clever

May 7, 2008
New research suggests that all those jokes at the expense of drummers may be way off the mark - it turns out that rhythmic accuracy and intelligence go hand in...

Parents didn’t stand for children

May 7, 2008
Carrying your children may well be good for bonding – but, according to new research, it doesn’t explain why we walk upright.

Bat mums turn to clay for the kids

May 7, 2008
Zoologists have found that bats overcome toxins in their diet with a love for mineral water and clay.

Solar flare sparks massive sunquake

May 7, 2008
Data from the SOHO spacecraft – a joint NASA and ESA project – has shown astronomers powerful starquakes rippling around the Sun in the wake of mighty solar flares.

Influenza pandemics no deadlier than seasonal flu

May 5, 2008
As researchers discover that seasonal flu is seeded by viruses originating in Asia - one scientist thinks that pandemic influenza is a construct designed for commercial gain.

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