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Visions of the Future - BBC FOUR series with Dr Michio Kaku
AlphaGalileo 02/11/2007The world of science fiction, complete with invisibility cloaks, mind-machine interfaces, and body parts on demand, may be nearer than you think, as leading theoretical physicist Dr Michio Kaku lays out his vision of the future in this bran...
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The AmazeYourself Conference - Celebrating Entrepreneurship Success and Sharing Knowledge
AlphaGalileo 02/11/2007This regional conference will celebrate the achievements of the AmazeYourself project and the success of its enterprising participants across the Yorkshire and Humber region. It will also share examples of good practice in delivering commun...
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STS-120/Esperia Flight Day Highlights
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Sleeping for better health
EUROPA 02/11/2007A good night's sleep may be just what the doctor ordered. European research currently underway in Finland is discovering just how important sleep is to an individual?s quality of life. Sleep disorders may lead to diminished quality of life,...
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Space watch on air quality
EUROPA 02/11/2007Sensitive sensors located in space are being drafted to help scientists monitor the state of the quality of the Earth?s air. With air pollution becoming one of the world's biggest dangers to society's health and an economic drain on some na...
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Three New Planets Announced by UK's Planet Hunters
AlphaGalileo 01/11/2007The UK's leading team of planet-hunting astronomers, the Wide Area Search for Planets (WASP), have announced the discovery of three new planets. These extra-solar planets were seen to pass in front of, or transit, their host star. Studying ...
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Token resuscitation attempts on hopelessly ill patients prolong suffering
AlphaGalileo 01/11/2007Resuscitating hopelessly ill patients too slowly to save their lives can be an invasive and undignified procedure that prolongs death and suffering, according to the November issue of Journal of Clinical Nursing. Nursing ethics lecturer Jac...
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Largest increase ever in Computer Science undergraduates at Southampton
AlphaGalileo 01/11/2007The University of Southamptons School of Electronics & Computer Science (ECS) has just witnessed the biggest increase in its undergraduate intake in Computer Science since the dot-com crash....
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New type of peccary discovered in Amazon region
AlphaGalileo 01/11/2007Dutch biologist Marc van Roosmalen has discovered a new species of peccary in the basin of the Rio Aripuană in the south-eastern Amazon region. Van Roosmalens research has been supported by scientists from Leiden, Germany and Belgium. The ...
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Genes identified to protect brassicas from damaging disease
AlphaGalileo 01/11/2007Scientists have identified a new way to breed brassicas, which include broccoli, cabbage and oilseed rape, resistant to a damaging virus. Their discovery has characterised a form of resistance that appears to be durable, broad-spectrum and ...
