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Cooking goes off the boil

June 19, 2007
It’s always been your mum’s favourite way to cook the veg, but maybe boiling them to a pulp isn’t the best for your health.

The sound of efficient power

June 15, 2007
Developing an all-in-one cooker, fridge and generator is hard enough, but one group of scientists and engineers have gone one step further and hope to power it with sound.

Embryo breakthrough could mean new diabetes therapy

June 13, 2007
Researchers are hopeful that a breakthrough in the understanding of how embryos create the cells which secrete insulin could lead to new therapies for diabetes.

Sir David heads up the BA

June 8, 2007
The Government’s chief scientist is to become president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA).

Satellite weeds out nautical nemesis

June 7, 2007
Sargassum seaweed, famous in nautical folklore for entangling ships in its dense floating vegetation, has been detected from space for the first time thanks to an instrument aboard the European...

Teachers keep their cool over polar expedition

June 7, 2007
Four teachers that are to head off on an Antarctic expedition have been put through their paces at a sports science centre in preparation for their trip.

The ultimate in personal gadgetry

June 7, 2007
Personal computing, personal mp3 players and even personal medicine have all entered the public’s technology consciousness – and now an electronics giant has taken it one step further – personal...

Dont forget we also have a print edition!

June 7, 2007
Don’t forget we also have a print edition of Laboratory News – and you can get your hands on all our news, features, competitions, giveaways and information on all the...

Cosmic clock dates ancient star

June 6, 2007
Using a dating technique similar to that used in archaeology, astronomers have found a star to be almost as old as the universe its self.

Government “cybrid” back down doesnt go far enough

June 4, 2007
With the announcement of the draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill, it appears that the government has yielded to scientific pressure on the use of human-animal “cybrid” embryos – but...

I fly, therefore I am…

June 1, 2007
Free will and true spontaneity – not the first thing you might think of when considering the common fruit fly. Well, one group of scientists think that we are not...

UK space giant sells to EADS

May 30, 2007
The University of Surrey is set to receive £40 - £50 million from the sale of most of its 85% stake in Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) to the aerospace and...

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