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Friday, 30 July 2010
Calcium linked to higher heart attack risk
New research has cast doubt on whether people should take calcium supplements to ward off the degenerative bone disease osteoporosis.
Maths solves sperm movement mystery
Friday, 30 July 2010
Greenland ice drilling hits rock bottom
Friday, 30 July 2010
Astronomers discover new threat to Earth
Thursday, 29 July 2010
Climate 'check-up' finds world is warming
Thursday, 29 July 2010
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Ocean's food source disappearing: study
Thursday, 29 July 2010
In oceans around the world, there has been a surprisingly large and extensive decline in phytoplankton - the tiny algae that keep marine food webs afloat.
Exoplanet bonanza fuels excitement
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
News analysis A recent talk by a leading US researcher has fuelled speculation that astronomers have discovered a substantial number of Earth-sized planets.
Shark skin harbours deadly bacteria
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
As if rows of serrated teeth and an uncanny ability to smell blood weren't deadly enough, sharks have a new way to harm unsuspecting swimmers: drug-resistance bacteria.
Doubts over South American marsupial study
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
A new study that suggests all living marsupials originated in South America and share a common ancestor has been disputed by an Australian palaeontologist as "simplistic".
Chance find leads to vision insight
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
An impromptu late night experiment has led Australian scientists to a discovery that changes our view of how our vision works.
Soil crucial to public health: experts
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
Soil should be safeguarded as a "saviour" of public health, despite being the source of potentially dangerous bugs, say US experts.
Scientists inch towards Higgs Boson
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
Scientists working with particle accelerators in Europe and the United States say they may be closing in on the elusive Higgs Boson believed crucial to forming the cosmos after the Big Bang.
Dinosaurs dug for mammalian prey
Monday, 26 July 2010
Fossilised mammal burrows that appear to have been clawed out by a predator suggests dinosaurs dug into mammal dens to get furry morsels.
NASA unveils 'most detailed' map of Mars
Monday, 26 July 2010
A camera aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has helped develop the most accurate global Martian map ever produced.
Nano-patch could replace syringe
Monday, 26 July 2010
Australian researchers have developed a needle-free, dissolving vaccination that could be mailed out to households during a pandemic.
Probe finds consumer gene tests misleading
Friday, 23 July 2010
People who send off their saliva to different genetic testing companies are likely to get different results, according to US government investigators.
Saturn's ring gives birth to new moons
Friday, 23 July 2010
Scientists have captured what they believe are the first images of moons forming in the rings of Saturn.
Exploding moss launch system revealed
Friday, 23 July 2010
Sphagnum moss uses the power of vortices, or rings of rolling air, to launch their spores to extraordinary heights, according to a new study.
Scientists find 'monster' star
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Astronomers have found the largest star yet detected - up to 20 million times brighter than the Sun - using the Very Large Telescope in Chile.
Le Tour riders need 'mutant' bodies
Thursday, 22 July 2010
News analysis To survive the demands of the Tour de France elite cyclists must do more than train, they must also harbor a set of inborn traits, say experts.
