Physics News

Virtual Hunting on The Internet

An American man with a penchant for shooting things has come up with the world's first website that lets you hunt and shoot real animals on his Texas-based ...

Virus Detecting Device Offers Instant Diagnosis

Scientists from Harvard University in the US have devised a detector which can rapidly identify viruses in patient samples. Charles Lieber and his team ...

Insulin Inhaler Could Spare Diabetics an Injection

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Exploding Star Kicked Early Humans Onto Two Legs

A team of German scientists examining material from the seabed beneath the Pacific Ocean think that they may have uncovered an important clue to the process...

Device To Help Vampires (& Phlebotomists) Find Veins

Doctors, phlebotomists, and vampires could soon have a new tool at their disposal to help them find suitable veins for taking blood or inserting a drip....

Light-fingerprint Helps To Pick Up Explosives From a Distance

Would-be terrorists could have their evil work made harder in the future, thanks to new advances in explosive detection by Florida scientists. Security forc...

Evolution of Life on Earth Thanks To The Moon

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Termite Designs Could Enable Us To Live on The Moon

Famous for breaking down buildings, termites could reveal new ways to build homes in the future. African termites live in very complex mounds, which form a ...

New Disc Format Can Store Lord of The Rings 13 Times

Just when we were all coming round to the idea of ditching our long-standing relationship with the video recorder in favour of a state of the art DVD player...

Gm Cress To Detect Landmines

Scientists in Denmark have produced a genetically modified cress plant that can detect landmines in soil. Carsten Meier and his colleagues from Aresa Biodet...