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Strange new 'species' of ultra-red galaxy discovered — [2 Dec] — In the distant reaches of the universe, almost 13 billion light-years from Earth, a strange species of galaxy lay hidden.…
Cassini chronicles life of Saturn's giant storm — [18 Nov] — New images and animated movies from NASA's Cassini spacecraft chronicle the birth and evolution of the colossal storm that…
Scientists create light from vacuum — [18 Nov] — Scientists at Chalmers University of Technology have succeeded in creating light from vacuum - observing an effect first…
Scientists discover gene switch responsible for flight muscle formation — [17 Nov] — Flies are real flight artists, although they only have small wings compared to their body size. Scientists at the Max Planck…
More recent stories…Nature News: Wasps clock faces like humans — Face recognition in golden paper wasps may be an adaptation to their social environment.… — [2 Dec 2011 11:08 GMT]
Nature News: Entangled diamonds vibrate together — Objects big enough for the eye to see have been placed in a weirdly connected quantum… — [2 Dec 2011 11:08 GMT]
BBC: How animals predict earthquakes — Animals may sense chemical changes in groundwater that occur when an earthquake is… — [2 Dec 2011 11:07 GMT]
BBC: New Icelandic volcano eruption could have global impact — Hundreds of metres under one of Iceland's largest glaciers there are signs of an… — [2 Dec 2011 11:07 GMT]
Guardian: The schoolboy blogger who took on a US clinic — Rhys Morgan, a 17-year-old Welsh schoolboy, faced down a Texan medical clinic and… — [29 Nov 2011 21:23 GMT]
Telegraph: Restaurants plan DNA-certified premium seafood — Restaurants around the world will soon use new DNA technology to assure patrons they… — [29 Nov 2011 21:23 GMT]
New Scientist: Dark matter particles may be heavyweights after all — Dark matter is slowly running out of places to hide. Two new looks at the gamma-ray… — [29 Nov 2011 21:22 GMT]
New Scientist: Da Vinci code for trees provides wind protection — Trees may get their beautiful shapes from battling the elements. A mathematical model… — [29 Nov 2011 21:22 GMT]
New Scientist: Spider webs protected by chemical ants hate — Spider tartare would make a juicy feast for an army of ants, if only they could make… — [28 Nov 2011 19:11 GMT]
BBC: Alzheimer's: Deep brain stimulation 'reverses' disease — Scientists in Canada have raised a tantalising prospect - reversing Alzheimer's disease.… — [28 Nov 2011 19:10 GMT]
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— Following the motion of an exoplanet — For the first time, astronomers have been able to directly follow the motion… [10 Jun 18:28]— Streaming sand grains help define essence of a liquid — Water forms droplets because attractive interactions between molecules produce… [24 Jun 17:00]
— Gobi Desert yield new species of nut-cracking dinosaur — Plants or meat: That's about all that fossils ever tell palaeontologists about… [18 Jun 13:46]
— September launch for ESA's water mission — Following confirmation from Eurockot Launch Services that they will launch ESA's… [27 Apr 16:28]
HEADLINES —
— A smarter way to make ultraviolet light beams — 2 Dec 10:56— Lava fingerprinting reveals differences between Hawaii's twin volcanoes — 2 Dec 10:53
— British butterfly is evolving to respond to climate change — 2 Dec 10:50
— Biocompatible graphene transistor array reads cellular signals — 2 Dec 10:47
— Researchers find some smartphone models more vulnerable to attack — 2 Dec 10:44
— Archaeologists find new evidence of animals being introduced to prehistoric Caribbean — 2 Dec 10:41