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8-Aug-08

Robot plane over UK fields prevents pollution

"The first flights have been conducted of an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to monitor UK farmland." The resulting images can be used to plan fertiliser use, resulting in less waste and pollution in waterways.

Category: Robotics

8-Aug-08

Cern lab set for beam milestone

"A vast physics experiment - the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) - reaches a key milestone this weekend ahead of an official start-up on 10 September."

Category: Radiation

7-Aug-08

Prepare for global temperature rise of 4C, warns top scientist

"Defra's chief adviser says we need strategy to adapt to potential catastrophic increase"

Category: Climate Change

7-Aug-08

Can our TV signals be picked up on other planets?

"A television company has joined forces with a social networking site to send a message to the nearest theoretically inhabitable planet. But can our television and radio broadcasts already be picked up in space?"

Category: Space

7-Aug-08

Robots learn to move themselves

"Researchers in Leipzig have demonstrated software designed for robots that allows them to "learn" to move through trial and error."

Category: Robotics

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