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Million frames a second cameraThere are many processes in physics chemistry and biology which are very interesting but happen very quickly so they are hard to study. There are many forms of high speed imaging but they work by making conventional cameras faster, which normally involves expensive mechanical systems and they often ...
Speedy strides due to heel sizeWhen you think about building the perfect sprinter, you might think of long legs and powerful muscles. But new research published in the Journal of Experimental Biology suggests that it's the size of an athlete's heels that might also be important in giving them the edge. This is research by Stephen...
Liquid identificationIf you have travelled by aeroplane recently you will probably have been annoyed by the rules limiting the liquids you can take onto the plane. The problem is that there are various liquids that can be used to make explosives or just a fire, which are hard to detect quickly and easily in the security...
Bad news for dinosaur fansA paper in this week's edition of PloS One is disappointing news for small boys and palaeontologists, or anyone who's a dinosaur fan. According to a study by Mark Goodwin and Jack Horner, it appears that we may have significantly over-inflated the number of different dinosaur species. Goodwin and Ho...
The most distant object ever discoveredChris Smith finds out about the most distant object ever discovered and how this has improved our understanding of our universe...
This Week in Science History - TutankhamunThis Week in Science History saw on the 4th of November 1922 the first discovery of the entrance to the tomb of Tutankhamun... |
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