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Making shipbreaking a safer craft

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:22:10 +0100

Every day, hundreds of workers dismantle large vessels at Aliağa, Turkey, in the heart of ancient Aeolia. Ships are pulled ashore and cut,…

Where the virtual world and reality meet

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:36:56 +0100

Virtual reality is entering a new era of touch-sensitive tiles and immersive animations. Researchers in Barcelona have created a unique space at the…

Exploring cold water corals

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:13:27 +0200

Deep underwater lie mysterious worlds that scientists are only now beginning to explore. Steve W Ross is US coordinator, for the Traces…

A faded past... but a bright future for stained glass

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:46:37 +0200

This is Cologne Cathedral, Germany's biggest and home to an abundance of colourful treasure. ULRIKE BRINKMANN, ART HISTORIAN and HEAD OF…

Futuris: Noise pollution in The Mediterranean

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:09:00 +0200

It's a September morning off the coast of northern Sicily in Italy. A boat owned by environmentalists is carrying Laura Abbriano and her…

Europe experiments to preserve plastic art

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:50:31 +0200

We live in the age of synthetic materials, but we are paying a price. Thousands of sculptures, iconic designs, historic films and photographs are at…

Mega threats, micro solutions

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:41:18 +0200

It's a hot summer night and there's another forest fire in Greece. This one has already burnt out 1000 hectares of a Mediterranean forest some 80 kms…

Robots designed to roam city streets

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:45:04 +0200

A new breed of robots is being designed for life on our city streets.To meet this challenge they must be able to navigate with ease and interact…

High-tech textiles for a material world

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:30:18 +0200

It took just a matter of seconds to flatten L'Aquila in Central Italy. The earthquake, magnitude 5.8, killed 308 people there and in the surrounding…

New frontiers of imaging the human body

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:25:56 +0200

Twice a year the De Gennaro family travels 600 kilometres to Rome from their hometown of Crotone in the south of Italy. They are not tourists.…

Dustchasers seek answer to the Aral

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:39:16 +0200

40 years ago the Aral sea was the biggest landlocked body of water in the world. Now it is one of the driest places in Kazakhstan and Central Asia.…

Digital fight against breast cancer

Mon, 25 May 2009 18:35:36 +0200

Nijemgen, The Netherlands, a woman arrives for a breast cancer screening. An appointment she wouldn't want to miss. Every two years in The…

EU studies CO2 capture in great carbon roundup

Thu, 07 May 2009 17:40:51 +0200

Volcanic areas produce it, and so do we, in vast quantities. Carbon dioxide. Understanding the most abundant of greenhouse gases will help in…

Bilharzia and the 'fluke' discovery

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:00:05 +0200

Scientists researching a parasitic tropical disease have discovered that the condition might have some unexpected benefits. Bilharzia afflicts…

Looking inside the Sun

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:15:54 +0200

The mysteries of the Sun are slowly being unravelled as scientists pioneer new techniques to look inside our star. European researchers are using…

Radio tags and invisible ink to rescue European forests

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:06:54 +0100

From the pine trees in southern Europe to the spruce forests near the Arctic Circle, about 25 million cubic meters of wood are wasted every year in…

Europeans pioneer ocean acidification research

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:15:45 +0100

European scientists are carrying out pioneering research into ocean acidification. As CO2 is released into the atmosphere it is absorbed by our seas,…

A new light on energy efficiency

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:11:01 +0100

Lighting accounts for a quarter of energy costs in Europe. Replacing outdated light bulbs with more advanced devices is an efficient way to cut our…

Malaria: tracking a serial-killer

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:30:01 +0100

Every year, there are approximately 500 million cases of malaria around the world. The disease kills one child every minute in Sub- Saharan Africa.…

A hi-tech future for ageing Europe

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:09:05 +0100

Europe's population is ageing rapidly. Increasingly, senior citizens expect to remain active and integrated members of the community. Seeking to…

Monitoring greenhouse gas exchange

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:28:05 +0100

From peat bogs to forests, the ecosystems around us as are constantly emitting and absorbing greenhouse gases. In Germany and Poland, scientists…