The riches and risks of Arctic oil exploration
Miesiąc: Sierpień 2011
‚Anti-cancer virus’ shows promise
A virus has been engineered to selectively target cancer cells, which researchers say could one day „truly transform” therapies.
Irish stargazers’ meteorite hunt
Stargazers across Ireland are on the hunt for a meteorite that could have landed earlier this month.
Meteor hunt for Irish stargazers
Stargazers across Ireland are on the hunt for a meteor that could have landed earlier this month.
Getting dimmer
A sad farewell to the once-ubiquitous 60W bulb
Microchip monitors tumour growth
Researchers in Germany have developed a microchip sensor that can be implanted close to a tumour to monitor its growth.
Jupiter probe’s long look back at Earth
The US space agency’s Jupiter-bound Juno probe looks back and pictures Planet Earth.
How can plane boarding times be cut in half?
The current most common way to board passenger planes is among the least efficient – and boarding times could be halved, experiments show.
Tests show fastest plane boarding
The current most common way to board passenger planes is among the least efficient – and boarding times could be halved, experiments show.
Healthy Thames ‚attracts salmon’
Salmon in the Thames are more likely to be fish that have „strayed” from nearby rivers rather than a result of a multi-million pound restocking effort, a study suggests.
Brothers make marmots ‚tom boys’
Female marmots born in litters that are mostly male become „tom boys”, behaving in ways that are more typically male, say scientists.
VIDEO: US counting the cost of Irene
As the clean-up continues in the wake of tropical storm Irene, communities are counting the cost of the devastation.
Museums wage war on hungry bugs
Museums wage war on pests eating irreplaceable objects
Thinking like insects
Museums wage war on pests eating irreplaceable objects
Magnetic mysteries of Earth’s Core
How science is creating a window on the Earth’s core
Magnetic mystery
How science is creating a window on the Earth’s core
Coral could lead to sunscreen pill
Scientists hope to harness coral’s natural defence against the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays to make a sunscreen pill for humans.
Konkurs na nazwę satelity Galileo
1 września rozpocznie się konkurs rysunkowy, w którym główną nagrodą będzie możliwość nazwania własnym imieniem jednego z satelitów programu Galileo – powstającego właśnie europejskiego odpowiednika amerykańskiego systemu GPS i rosyjskiego GLONASS.
Body ‚liquefaction’ unit unveiled
A Glasgow-based company has installed its first commercial „alkaline hydrolysis” unit in a funeral home in Florida.
Staying open
Rocket woes could lead to the space station being mothballed
Stalactites cave is kept secret
A cave considered to have the finest stalactite formations in Scotland is being kept a secret by the potholers who found it.
Best stalactites cave kept secret
A cave considered to have the finest stalactite formations in Scotland is being kept a secret by the potholers who found it.