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News | Archive (28 November 2008)
The East Midlands' heathland needs you!
— 18:20 GMT | EnvironmentIt used to be a haven for fly tippers and a dumping ground for burnt-out cars. Now Mansfield's Oak Tree Estate is home to one of the rarest habitats on the planet - heathland…
Wilkins Ice Shelf under threat
— 18:20 GMT | EnvironmentNew rifts have developed on the Wilkins Ice Shelf that could lead to the opening of the ice bridge that has been preventing the ice shelf from disintegrating and breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula…
Zimbabwe's land reform leaves farmers insecure
— 18:20 GMT | EnvironmentIn her doctoral dissertation at the School of Business, Economics, and Law, University of Gothenburg, in Sweden, the Zimbabwean Precious Zikhali has studied three areas of direct importance to the struggle against poverty in Africa and Zimbabwe. She shows that farmers are experiencing uncertainty regarding their right to use the land following the latest land reform program, instead of a sense of secure future prospects. This insecurity causes farmers to make fewer investments to prevent soil erosion…
Laser deposition welding and milling in a single machine
— 18:20 GMT | TechnologyImproving the productivity of machining processes is one of the basic requirements in every machine-tool engineering specification. The Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden has integrated a laser module into the tool station of a milling spindle. The five-axis, computer-controlled milling centre can now perform two jobs: Three-dimensional deposition welding using a 1.5-kilowatt diode laser and component finishing using 5-axis milling. The IWS's manufacturing experts will be exhibiting their two-in-one machining solution on the joint Fraunhofer stand at the EUROMOLD trade show in Frankfurt from 3 to 6 December 2008 (Hall 8, Stand L113)…
Stem cell obstacles
— 18:20 GMT | Health'There are still a number of major hurdles in the path of stem cell research today that are preventing the routine application of the technology in regenerative medicine.' So say UK scientists writing in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Biotechnology…
Researchers fly a kite for manure recycling
— 18:20 GMT | EnvironmentResearchers at North Wyke Research, and Lancaster and Exeter universities, have come up with an advice system to help farmers recycle manure safely and avoid polluting watercourses…
Warning to London 2012: Decide now or pay later
— 18:20 GMT | TechnologyOlympic Games organisers are being warned to make key decisions now about the long-term use of the 2012 stadium - or face costs that will spiral out of control…
Selenium may slow march of AIDS
— 18:20 GMT | HealthIncreasing the production of naturally occurring proteins that contain selenium in human blood cells slows down multiplication of the AIDS virus, according to biochemists…
Organic attitude
— 18:20 GMT | HealthAre consumers under too much pressure to be healthy? Has the global financial crisis sidelined the promotion of sustainable food? And how much do consumers actually know or care about the subject?…
ESF awards European Latsis Prize to Simon White for astrophysics achievement
— 18:20 GMT | AstronomyThe European Science Foundation (ESF) has awarded this year's European Latsis Prize to Professor Simon White, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, for his outstanding contribution to the field of astrophysics…
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