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Spuds Up

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:57:51 +0100

In Peru, at the International Potato Centre, researchers have developed aeroponics, meaning they can grow grow potato seeds with only air, water and…

Maternal stress can harm unborn child

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:11:40 +0100

Anxiety is common during pregnancy. But research shows that if anxiety turns to stress, it can affect the unborn baby.

Could worm therapy be answer to allergies?

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

Our children are just too clean nowadays - or that's the view of some scientists who believe a lack of exposure to germs and parasites has led to an…

Giant web-spinning spider found

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:00:59 +0100

Scientist Matjaz Kunter from Slovenia and his colleague Jonathan Coddington from Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC…

Himalayan glaciers shrinking

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:00:16 +0100

Experts fear that these glaciers in the Himalayas are shrinking. Temperatures here have risen by 1.1 degrees celsius over the last 100 years. The…

Galileo at the Vatican: from heretic to hero

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:44:07 +0200

The Vatican is commemorating the achievements of physicist and philosopher Galileo - the man sentenced to life imprisonment by the Inquisition 400…

Noah's Ark of plants reaches first milestone

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:34:35 +0200

A decade after launching the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew Gardens in London has managed to collect samples of 10 per cent of the world's rarest plants.

400 Years of the Telescope

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:24:12 +0200

American film "400 Years of The Telescope" documents the last 4 centuries of astronomy. The film was shown at the Pariscience Scientific Film…

Paris: Science no fiction:

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:40:11 +0200

At Pariscience, the scientific film festival in Paris, the Grand Prix Pariscience 2009 - which is the prize for best film - was won by American film…

Dinosaur footprints

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:07:53 +0200

This may look like an ordinary country lane but two amateur fosil hunters discovered a set of 30-odd dinasaur footprints here last April. Geologists…

Nero's rotating dining room

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:10:52 +0200

Nero's life often gives rise to the most lurid stories of tyrany, debauchery, and extravagance but in reality only some basic facts are known about…

Cheetahs in motion

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:16:35 +0200

At Whipsnade Zoo in the UK, using high-speed cameras at 1,000 frames per second and a pressure-sensitive track, scientists are studying North African…

The Big Thaw! New theory for why glaciers melt

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:19:09 +0200

Scientists studying East Greenland’s ice sheet have discovered that subtropical waters are flushing through the frozen region. Scientists…

Is algae the answer?

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:59:49 +0200

At the James Cook University in North Queensland, Australia, scientists believe they've identified a microscopic algae that can provide fuel for cars…

Jellyfish approach Spanish coast

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:40:37 +0200

Jellyfish are beautiful and delicate creatures but they can also be deadly. A new study, carried out by Oceana, an international organisation for…

Multiple Sclerosis future hope

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:31:09 +0200

Multiple Sclerosis is a neurological condition that affects the transfer of messages from the central nervous system to the rest of the body. There…

Crisis in Kenya

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:18:31 +0200

A drought in Kenya has become so severe that the riverbeds have dried up, the grassland is nothing but dust, and so far, nearly 100 elephants have…

New technique gives insight into ancient arachnids

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:29:28 +0200

Spiders have been striking irrational fear into many of us for centuries and fortunately we don't have to bear the sight of their pre-historic…

Bone marrow break through

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:17:49 +0200

In London's Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, the doors to certain rooms are sealed because the children on that ward have serious genetic…

Roman bronze horse's head found in Germany

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:59:32 +0200

A life-sized bronze horse's head has been found at the bottom of a well in Germany which, archaeologists believe, could have come from a statue of…

New hope for better IVF treatment

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:28:15 +0200

Across Europe, more and more women are struggling with infertility. Between 12 and 15 percent of women of child-bearing age experience difficulties…

Emperor Vespasian's villa unearthed

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:44:38 +0200

In Italy, north-east of Rome, a team of Italian and British archeologists have unearthed the remains of a villa which it is believed once belonged to…

EUROSCA project researches Ataxia

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:50:30 +0200

Elizabeth Philippas has co-ordination problems. Her movements are unsure and sometimes uncontrolled because she has Ataxia. It is a hereditary and…

The dawn of life...

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:45:36 +0200

New imaging techniques have enabled scientists to watch and study as a living organism develops, and the cells divide and align. At the…

Macular degeneration hope

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:56:34 +0200

Most of us think that sight is the most important of ours senses. But many of us lose our eyesight as we grow older. So researchers are looking at…