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Snail slime substitutes
A team of engineers have set a small robot climbing walls in order to compare how natural and artificial snail slimes work.
22 March 2007
Flexible battery power
A paper-like, polymer based rechargeable battery has been made by Japanese scientists.
19 March 2007
Myth of cooling towers is symptomatic of global warming information shortage
More than two-thirds of people in the UK believe, wrongly, that smoke or harmful emissions emerge from cooling towers, feeding carbon dioxide into the
15 February 2007
Ten things you never knew about Lust and Love
The deluge of red and pink cards and envelopes in the shops can only mean one thing - it's Valentines' Day again.
13 February 2007
A positive side to ozone depletion?
Wearing sunscreen at all times when exposed could starve the body of vitamins which protect against various diseases, claim Edinburgh based scientists
13 February 2007
Pollen for drug delivery
Pollen capsules could soon be used for drug delivery inside the body, claim UK scientists.
01 February 2007
Diamonds on the brain
Diamonds could play a key role in the fight against Parkinson's Disease thanks to work by UK and US scientists.
08 December 2006
Edward Harrison: forgotten inventor of the gas mask
The Royal Society of Chemistry would welcome information about the life and descendants of Edward Harrison, a chemical scientist who gave his life to
10 November 2006
William Perkin celebrations in Greenford and Sudbury
Distinguished guests from all over the UK descended on London to honour the 150th anniversary of William Perkin's discovery of the first synthetic dye
24 October 2006