News | Archive (October 2007)
Scientists create colourful brainbow images of the nervous system
— 31 Oct 2007 | BiologyBy activating multiple fluorescent proteins in neurones, neuroscientists at Harvard University are imaging the brain and nervous system as never before, rendering their cells in a riotous... — full story
Wildfire drives carbon levels in boreal forests
— 31 Oct 2007 | EnvironmentFar removed from streams of gas-thirsty cars and pollution-belching factories lies another key player in global climate change. Circling the northern hemisphere, the conifer-dominated... — full story
Space mission Xeus probes origins of the universe
— 31 Oct 2007 | AstronomyA University of Leicester astrophysicist is playing a pivotal role in a mission that seeks to study the origins of the universe. Professor Martin Turner of the Department of Physics... — full story
New magnet design
— 31 Oct 2007 | PhysicsEngineers at Florida State University's National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have successfully tested a groundbreaking new magnet design that could literally shed new light on nanoscience... — full story
Breaking the silence
— 31 Oct 2007 | BiologyBrain scientists at Johns Hopkins have discovered how cells in the developing ear make their own noise, long before the ear is able to detect sound around them. The finding, reported... — full story
RIT study confirms supermassive black holes produce powerful galaxy-shaping winds
— 31 Oct 2007 | AstronomySupermassive black holes can produce powerful winds that shape a galaxy and determine their own growth, confirms a group of scientists from Rochester Institute of Technology. The RIT... — full story
The smallest radio uses single nanotube to pick up good vibrations
— 31 Oct 2007 | PhysicsPhysicists at the University of California, Berkeley, have built the smallest radio yet - a single carbon nanotube one ten-thousandth the diameter of a human hair that requires only... — full story
Self-organising nanoparticles: a model for future nanofactories
— 31 Oct 2007 | PhysicsWith inspiration from bacteria and butterflies, researchers at Stockholm University have developed a new method that shows how nanomaterials can be produced in the future. In an article... — full story
Green turtle nesting sites discovered in Senegal
— 31 Oct 2007 | BiologyA WWF survey has discovered several marine turtle nesting sites on the beaches of Senegal, prompting calls from conservationists to improve protection of the endangered species. The... — full story
Hertfordshire astronomers gather new evidence about stars in our galaxy and distant quasars
— 31 Oct 2007 | AstronomyAstronomers from the Centre for Astrophysics Research at the University of Hertfordshire have provided the first evidence as to why stars are able to continue to accrete matter and... — full story