Sci-tech
Infected mosquitos could cut dengue
07/11 15:12 CET
There’s hope that the transmission of dengue fever to humans could be reduced by infecting mosquitoes that carry the disease with a specific kind of bacteria. It’s estimated that each year close to 400 million people are infected with the devastating tropical…
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SCIENCE | 06/11 15:35 CET
South Korea says ‘no’ to some Japanese seafood
Sales of seafood have plummeted in South Korea with consumers fearing…
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FUTURIS | 04/11 17:31 CET
Art detectives team up
What does an early Picasso self-portrait have in common with a 3,000-year-old Egyptian lapis-lazuli beetle? They are both under close…
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HI-TECH | 04/11 13:36 CET
Online university courses on the rise
It’s already widespread in the United States and is a growing phenomenon in Europe. Online university courses are increasingly a…
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HI-TECH | 31/10 14:19 CET
Giant mirrors shed winter sunlight on Norwegian town of Rjukan
Three giant mirrors have been built high on the mountainside above the…
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SCIENCE | 30/10 13:39 CET
The lesser-known effects of climate change
High up in Bolivia’s Andes, melting mountain glaciers are putting pressure on indigenous farmers, as climate change in the South…
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SCIENCE | 29/10 13:25 CET
Carcinogenic air pollution: a ‘collective’ issue
The recent announcement that outdoor air pollution is carcinogenic to…
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HI-TECH | 28/10 13:10 CET
Achieving the inconceivable: Vladivostok’s record-breaking bridge
Trans-Siberian terminal Vladivostok, on the borders of the Russian Far…
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FUTURIS | 28/10 12:19 CET
Making fire from water
A portable device that makes fire from water has been developed within a European research project. It doesn’t use flammable gases, it…
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SPACE | 24/10 10:02 CET
Mapping the Milky Way
It has spawned a host of songs from crooners to alternative rock bands. One of the best loved chocolate bars in the United Kingdom is named…
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SCIENCE | 23/10 14:14 CET
Japan’s next generation asteroid explorer to deliver subsoil fragments
Engineers at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency say they have…
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HI-TECH | 23/10 13:29 CET
Computing for the silver generation
Understanding and keeping up with today’s rapidly changing technology is a challenge – especially for people who survived…
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