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A Window on Solar PowerSolar cells are expensive and difficult to produce, as they have to be made in a computer chip plant, so you want to maximise the amount of energy you can get out of each one. ... 13th Jul 2008
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Sounds good to me - Why Stradivarius Violins sound so goodScientists have used a CT scanner and a modified version of a computer programme written to diagnose the chest disease emphysema to solve the mystery of why 300 year old Stradivari... 6th Jul 2008
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All in the mind’s eyeHas anyone ever let their imagination run away with them? For example, we recently had a problem with moths in our house, and for a while afterwards, I was convinced I could see mo... 6th Jul 2008
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Food for thought: Why fun-sized foods won't ward off bulging waistlineA study on university students given packets of crisps to eat has shown that 'diet packs' of snacks lure lunchers into eating more than they otherwise would. Rik Peters and h... 6th Jul 2008
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Clever cuttlefish peep before birthFor most animals, life before birth is a dark experience. For example, humans are trapped in the womb for nine months, and even animals and birds that hatch from eggs don’t h... 6th Jul 2008
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 Putting the freeze on cold sore virusScientists have uncovered the genetic switch system that activates and deactivates the herpes viruses that cause cold sores. ... 6th Jul 2008
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 Grabbing cancer cells from bloodUS scientists have developed a method to pluck circulating cancer cells from the bloodstream so that they can be analysed to monitor a patient's response to treatment. The de... 6th Jul 2008
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Eggs-ceptional hatching strategyScientists have discovered that baby crocodiles talk to each other from inside their eggs in order to synchronise hatching. ... 29th Jun 2008
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Reversing time to talk underwaterCommunications on land have come on in leaps and bounds over the last 20 or 30 years for relatively little money you can buy a phone which will transmit hundreds of thousands of ch... 29th Jun 2008
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Ancient Poet Astronomically AccurateA few weeks ago on the Naked Scientists we followed the story of the Odyssey, and how although the land has changed in the 3000 years since it was written, the poet knew his geogra... 29th Jun 2008
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