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Nano nightmare or not? Ever since Prince Charles’ infamous “grey goo” speech, there have been concerns about the safety of nanoparticles in the environment. Adding fuel to the fire, last week resea... 1st Jun 2008	Better way to beat bugs Scientists have developed a neural network which has discovered a clutch of new insect repellent molecules, many of them more powerful than DEET, the World's current gold standard.... 1st Jun 2008
Supernova is the star of the show Scientists in the US, writing in this week's Nature, have caught the first glimpse of a star blowing itself to pieces. Princeton researcher Alicia Soderberg and her colleague... 25th May 2008	Hot springs eternal, on Mars A broken wheel could have uncovered the best prospects yet for finding life on Mars, say scientists this week. ... 25th May 2008
Plasmas in your mouth Many people dread the sound of the dentist's drill, part of the reason that it has to be used so much is that the dentist has to be absolutely sure that they have got rid of all th... 11th May 2008	A fuel station in your garage The rush towards biofuels to run your car on keeps going even if the mathematics behind it are possibly dubious. Now an American company has built an ethanol generation system for ... 11th May 2008
Best tool to find explosives? Mine's a mongoose! Engineers in Sri Lanka have come up with a cheap but effective way to locate landmines - a mongoose tethered to a robot! ... 27th Apr 2008	The web sees evolution on the fly A US developer has come up with a way for webpages to evolve how they look to make them more user-friendly. ... 20th Apr 2008
Atom-Thick Transistors Scientists have made the world’s thinnest ever transistors – the devices that switch current on and off in all electronic equipment. At their very smallest, the new transisto... 20th Apr 2008	My song - new computer programme offers automatic accompaniment A new computer programme developed by Microsoft and unveiled at the Human Computer Interaction Conference this week offers budding solo artists the supporting band they've always c... 13th Apr 2008

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