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Scientific campaigns to reduce the incidental catch of seabirds
The incidental catch of seabirds, a common phenomenon bound to some types of fisheries, is one of the main threats suffered by seabird populations.
May 28, 2013
Help at hand for schizophrenics
How can healthy people who hear voices help schizophrenics? Finding the answer for this is at the centre of research conducted at the University of Bergen.
May 24, 2013
How sustainable is Switzerland?
Even though technology has become more efficient and little stands in the way of a sustainable lifestyle, a new study shows, that even the Swiss are a long way from a 2,000 watt society.
May 24, 2013
A hidden population of exotic neutron stars
Magnetars – the dense remains of dead stars that erupt sporadically with bursts of high-energy radiation - are some of the most extreme objects known in the Universe
May 23, 2013
ESO’s Very Large Telescope celebrates 15 years of success
This new picture celebrates an important anniversary for the Very Large Telescope – it is fifteen years since the first light on the first of its four Unit Telescopes, on 25 May 1998.
May 23, 2013
Rare, massive merging of two faraway galaxies
A massive and rare merging of two galaxies has been spotted in images taken by the Herschel space observatory.
May 22, 2013
Small, speedy plant-eater extends knowledge of dinosaur ecosystems
A team of paleontologists have described a new dinosaur, the smallest plant-eating dinosaur species known from Canada.
May 22, 2013
New insights on climate change and species interactions
Scientists provide important new details on how climate change will affect interactions between species as temperatures continue to rise.
May 22, 2013
New method for producing clean hydrogen
Engineers have developed a novel method for producing clean hydrogen, which could prove essential to weaning society off of fossil fuels and their environmental implications.
May 21, 2013
Scientists develop new tumor-killer
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Lund University, Sweden, have bioengineered a novel molecule which has been proven to successfully kill tumor cells.
May 21, 2013
