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No Excuse for Missing a Penalty in FutureA German inventor has come up with a way to ensure that his nation continue to beat England in the World cup in the foreseeable future - webbed goalie gloves. Peter Hochmuth's design incorporates a flexible band of material running between the index finger and thumb which ...Your Dog Can CountHave your ever got the impression that your dog knows when there is another treat in your hand, or another plate to lick on the table ? Scientists showed this week that dogs show the same counting abilities as 5 month old babies. When babies are shown a row of dolls, which...An Rust-free Iron Pillar Yields its Secret at LastIt has stood exposed to the elements for over 1600 years without showing any traces of corrosion and no one knew why. But now materials scientist Ramamurthy Balasubramaniam from the Indian Institute of Technology has solved the mystery of why the 7 metre-high, 6 tonne iron...New Way to Access the Brain with Gene TherapyIt's very difficult to treat brains conditions using drugs or gene therapy because the brain is surrounded by a barricade of cells called the blood brain barrier, which is designed to keep unwanted things out, which unfortunately includes many drugs and gene-therapy treatm...The Weather's Caught a Cold - Microbes Cause Rain !Scientists at the University of East London are testing the theory that bacteria and algae living in clouds could be responsible for downpours. The researchers are sending a plane armed with a cyclonic cloud catcher, which is a bit like a giant vacuum cleaner, to collect s...Tongue TwisterMedics in Germany have successfully developed a replacement tongue for people that lose theirs through cancer or accidents. They made the tongue from muscles taken from the throat and connected it to he hypoglossal nerve that normally controls the tongue. The replacement w...Famine Looms for 6 Million People in ZimbabwePresident Mugabe's seizure of white-run farms in Zimbabwe has pushed the country close to economic ruin, and now threatens to inflict starvation on up to 6 million people. The World Food Programme, based in Rome, has shipped thousands of tonnes of US-grown Maize to Zimbabw...Brain's Marijuana-like Chemicals Help you ForgetNew research published this week suggests that cannabis-like substances made by the brain play a role in helping us to forget bad memories. Beat Lutz and his team at the Institute of Psychiatry in Munich genetically engineered mice so that they no longer made a receptor ca...Hypersonic Jet Engine Undergoes Tests this WeekA new hypersonic jet engine that would enable planes to fly from London to Sydney in as little as 3 hours has undergone its first test this week. But as they're still analysing the data we don't yet know whether it was a success or not.Solar Powered Aircraft Sends Back PhotosNASA's Pathfinder-Plus, a solar powered aircraft, relayed TV pictures from 65,000 feet, that's nearly 20 km, above the Hawaiian Island of Kauai, demonstrating that craft like this could prove to be a viable alternative to using satellites.Make your Guts FluorescentWithin the last 2 years doctors have been testing minature pill-sized cameras that can be swallowed by patients, allowing medics to look for any signs of disease as the camera passes along the intestines. A problem with this technology is that the camera can run out of pow...It's a Man's World !According to economist Professor Ian Walker from Warwick University, eating out, rather than cooking for yourself, might actually be a more cost-effective use of our time ! Using a formula that takes into account your salary, tax and local cost of living to work out how mu...Old Relatives ? Then You'll Live a Long Time Too !They say long life begets long life, and it seems to be true. Recent analyses of 444 families in which a family member has lived to be over 100 has shown that the brothers and sisters of that person have roughly half the risk of dying at any given age (apart from as teenag...More Secure Rent a Bike SystemAnyone remember the Cambridge Green Bike idea ? Great though the idea of a borrow-a-bike scheme was, it was hampered by the fact that all of the bikes were rapidly stolen. So how do you stop them being stolen ? Londoners will soon be able to use their mobile phones to hire...Hayfever and Panic AttacksResearchers at Columbia University in New York have found that hayfever sufferers are twice as likely to suffer from panic attacks compared with non-sufferers, although Renee Goodwin, who carried out the study, did not find any relationship between hayfever and other menta...Us Scientists Building Robot FlyMost people hate flies, but under certain circumstances they might actually be useful. Engineers from the University of California, in America, are on course to build a minature robot 'fly' the size of a coin, by 2003 which they hope to use for spying or search and rescue ...New Drug Delivery SystemMost people know that all drugs have side effects, undesired effects produced by the drugs acting on parts of the body other than those affected by a disease. Chemotherapy agents used to treat cancer are a prime example. Part of the reason that drugs have these effects is ...Beating Bugs with BugsA major problem for hospitals these days are infections caused by a super-bug known as MRSA, - a strain of bacteria that have become resistent to all but a few antibiotics. But now, thanks to James Burnie and his team at the University of Manchester, doctors have a new wea...Look Out for Sweet Tasting DrugsNew developments in tablet and drug design could be a godsend to people who find swallowing pills too much to stomach. Many labs are now developing pleasant-tasting melt-in-your-mouth varieties of their medicines to make their most successful brands more palatable. So how ...Clever Magnet - Plastic and Light SensitiveAmerican researchers have developed a magnetic plastic that changes its magnetic strength depending upon the colour of the light shining on it. When blue light is shone on the material it nearly doubles the strength of its magenetic field, an effect which the inventors thi...Artificial Lung Could Buy you Breathing SpaceDevelopers at MC3 of Ann Arbor, Michigan US, have developed an implantable artificial lung that could buy patients with serious chest diseases, such as cystic fibrosis and emphysema, breathing space whilst waiting for a lung transplant. Named the Biolung, the device is the...Old Relatives ? Then You'll Live a Long Time Too !They say long life begets long life, and it seems to be true. Recent analyses of 444 families in which a family member has lived to be over 100 has shown that the brothers and sisters of that person have roughly half the risk of dying at any given age (apart from as teenag...Big Head !Some people object to a big head on their pint of beer because they argue it takes up space in the glass. But if you are a fan of a big head then this new device will interest you. Before the beer is poured a piston is pushed into the glass and the beer-delivery nozzle is ...Another Secret to Smooth Ice-creamWe've all had ice cream that was crunchy. The reason is that with repeated thawing and re-freezing as happens when you take the tub out of the deep-freeze, the ice crystals grow too large and the smooth silky texture is lost. But scientist Douglas Goff from Guelph Universi... |
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