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7-Apr-08

Solar System's 'look-alike' found

"Astronomers have discovered a planetary system orbiting a distant star which looks much like our own."

Category: Space

4-Apr-08

Can microwaves help us to beat breast cancer?

What's the connection between detecting enemy missiles and treating breast cancer? For electrical engineer Dr Alan Fenn at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory near Boston, the answer is microwaves.


3-Apr-08

Coal power policy under attack from top scientists

"Britain's leading scientists have told ministers that plans for a new generation of coal power stations pose an unacceptable climate risk, unless greater efforts are made to trap and store the carbon pollution they produce."


3-Apr-08

Computers to merge with humans

"By 2020 the terms "interface" and "user" will be obsolete as computers merge ever closer with humans."


3-Apr-08

'No Sun link' to climate change

"Scientists have produced further compelling evidence showing that modern-day climate change is not caused by changes in the Sun's activity."

Category: Climate Change

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