News features
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Earth science: Harnessing the hum
A new way to analyse seismic vibrations is bringing order out of noise to help predict volcanic eruptions or create detailed images of Earth's interior. Rachel Courtland reports.
07 May 2008
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Cell biology: The cellular hullabaloo
The inner life of a cell is noisy. Helen Pearson discovers how the resulting randomness makes life more challenging #20; and richer.
07 May 2008
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Stem cells: The 3-billion-dollar question
Can a state do what a country cannot, and transform the way stem-cell research is funded? Erika Check Hayden reports on the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
30 April 2008
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Physics: Quantum all the way
How does our classical world emerge from the counterintuitive principles of quantum theory? Can we even be sure that the world doesn't 'go quantum' when no one is watching? Philip Ball talks to the theorists and experimentalists trying to find out.
30 April 2008
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Biomedical science: Betting the bank
Lyle Palmer has plans for a 'ludicrously ambitious' gene - disease research project. Bijal Trivedi reports on the trials at Joondalup.
23 April 2008
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Atmospheric physics: Heating up the heavens
Battling rumours of death beams and mind control, an ionosphere research facility in Alaska finally brings science to the fore. Sharon Weinberger reports.
23 April 2008
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Climate change: Losing Greenland
Is the Arctic's biggest ice sheet in irreversible meltdown? And would we know if it were? Alexandra Witze reports.
16 April 2008
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Quantum computation: The dreamweaver's abacus
Some experts think that a quantum computation could be plaited like a skein of string. And now they may have found the sorts of string they need, finds Liesbeth Venema.
16 April 2008
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Archaeology: Bones, isles and videotape
Old human remains found on the Pacific islands of Palau are caught in the crossfire between entertainment and science. Rex Dalton reports.
16 April 2008
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Climate change: Losing Greenland
Is the Arctic's biggest ice sheet in irreversible meltdown? And would we know if it were? Alexandra Witze reports.
16 April 2008
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Architecture: Architects of a low-energy future
Low- and zero-energy buildings could have a huge impact on energy use and carbon emissions. We have the technologies, but if they are to mitigate climate change, green-building design must hit the mass market, says Declan Butler.
02 April 2008
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Astronomy: Eyes as big as the sky
Three teams are racing each other to build the next generation of telescopes that would dramatically dwarf the largest on Earth today. Eric Hand checks out the competition.
12 March 2008