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1st Nov 2010

Super-Waterproof Coats and Thoughts of Marylin Monroe


Chris Smith

Dave Ansell
Illustration of the competition between two neurons in the patient's brain.

In this week's NewsFlash, we find out how a new technique can make waterproof coatings that survive the wash, why pancreatic cancer is hard to spot and how one in five Sun-like stars may have Earth like planets.  Plus, a new graphene based transistor amplifier, and how thinking of Marylin Monroe can give us insights into the brain.

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(c) Michael Apel

Super-Waterproof Cotton

New way of making washing machine resistant waterproof cotton fabric.

(c) MBq @ wikipedia

Pancreatic cancer takes ten years to spread

Scientists studying tumour samples pancreatic cancer victims have made a surprising discovery - the disease appears to take a very long time to develop before it begins to spread.

(c) Benedikt Seidl

New form of transistor developed

New form of graphene based reconfigurable transistor has been developed.

(c) Created by Moran Cerf and Maria Moon

Thinking along the right lines

In a study that informs our understanding of how the brain allocates attention to different stimuli, scientists have successfully enabled human volunteers to choose between images on a computer screen just by altering their thoughts.  


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(c) NASA

One in Five Sun-like stars have Earth-like Planets

Dr Andrew Howard explains how their observations suggest that up to one in five stars like our Sun may have Earth-like planets orbiting them. We find out why this doesn't increase the likelihood of finding life, but may make us question some of the theories about planet formation......




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