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12-Nov-08

Indonesia launches tsunami warning system

Indonesia today launched a sophisticated new tsunami warning system designed to give coastal residents enough time to flee or seek shelter from an impending tidal wave.


12-Nov-08

'Super-microscope' opens at Isis

The world's newest "super microscope" is fired up and ready to go. The £200m second target station at Isis in Oxfordshire will allow scientists to see things 10,000 times thinner than a human hair.

Category: Big Science

23-Sep-08

Mars rover facing two-year trek

"The US space agency is to send its Mars rover Opportunity on a two-year trek to try to reach a crater called Endeavour."

Category: Space, Big Science

20-Sep-08

Hadron Collider halted for months

"The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva will be out of action for at least two months, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) says."

Category: Big Science

10-Sep-08

'Big Bang' experiment starts well

"Scientists have hailed a successful switch-on for an enormous experiment which will recreate the conditions a few moments after the Big Bang."

Category: Big Science

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