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The New Planet That's Bigger Than Pluto

Measurements of the size of a possible new planet by the astronomer Bertoldi from the University of Bonn in Germany along with co investigators have shown t...

The Think-jet Printer

Scientists invent a way to 'print' live brain cells - Reconstruction and replacement of defective body parts may have moved a step closer this week thanks t...

Cracking The Surface of Mars

Phil Christienson of Arizona State University has designed a new spacecraft in the running to be launched to Mars to search for water ice concealed below th...

Why Chocolate Is Good For You

Good news for all chocoholics out there - scientists have found yet more evidence that that our favourite foodstuff is a healthy one too. Chemicals called f...

Stardust Mission Makes it Safely Back To Earth

Space missions are fraught with potential disasters. In 2004, the Genesis mission crashed back down to earth, raising fears that its cargo of precious parti...

Ant-i Biotics

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin have discovered how a species of leaf cutter ant produces its own home-made antibiotics to keep fungal infections ...

Do-you-think-he-saurus... Or Heard Us Even?

Using data from birds, which are close relatives of the dinosaurs, researcher Otto Gleich, from the University of Regensburg, has calculated the range of fr...

Stem Cell Scandal

Although science is often seen as perfect, things can go wrong and the Christmas holidays saw the world rocked by a stem cell scandal. Last year, South Kore...

Dent your Pride But Not your Car

Japanse car giant Nissan are set to launch the perfect product for careless drivers, a paint that automatically repairs minor scrapes and scratches. The pai...

Booze-cruise

Mars could once have been a booze-Mecca for methanol lovers, according to recent research from China's University of Science and Technology. Most scientists...