Robot Dj Goes on Trial - and Did the Crowd Notice ?

IF there are any DJ's listening to this show they might be seriously worried by this next piece of news, which came out in last week's New Scientist- Hewlett Packard have developed a Robot-DJ that could put the human equivalent out of a job! The Robot DJ creates dance musi...

A Sound Weapon to Use in an Emergency

The events of 11th September have focused attention on the question of safety in aeroplanes. In-flight armed guards might be able to prevent hijackers taking over, but what could they be armed with? Researchers in America have come up with a solution that would immobilize ...

Scientists Make Cancer-busting Nanogenerators

Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) have developed a molecular nanogenerator that uses radioactivity to kill cancer cells. These nanogenerators consist of a single radioactive atom contained inside a molecular cage and attached to an antibody that...

Eye Contact

Researchers have shown why maintaining eye contact with other people is important, whether you are trying to chat someone up, or appear honest ! They scanned the brain activity of 16 men and women when they were shown a series of photographs of 40 different faces, all of w...

Polio Nearly Beaten

With only 2320 cases last year, Polio is close to being eradicated worldwide, according to a report in the journal Tropical Medicine this week. As well as preventing suffering, disability and death, particularly in the 3rd World, the eradication of Polio will save about 1 ...