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Could asteroid dust fight climate change ?
10-1-2012 |
14
Scientists have come up with a radical new way in which to help reduce the effects of global warming.
Planes of the future could run off sawdust
9-20-2012 | 13
Scientists in France are investigating cleaner alternatives to kerosene fuel as part of a new project.
Is the Moon toxic to humans ?
7-13-2012 | 13
Even with spacesuits and other protective equipment the lunar dust could prove lethal to astronauts.
Do planets form within only a few years ?
7-6-2012 | 12
Observations of a distant dust-filled solar system have shed light on the process of planet formation.
Scientists develop 'off the shelf veins'
1-17-2012 | 1
British scientists have developed the technology to grow veins and arteries on an industrial scale.
NASA sting operation retrieves lunar dust
10-26-2011 | 10
NASA launches elaborate mission to recover moon rock the size of a grain of rice from a grandmother.
Stolen Apollo 11 moon dust recovered
6-26-2011 | 21
NASA have managed to recover stolen moon dust from the Apollo 11 mission that was about to auctioned.
Treasures of the Soviet Union space industry
3-20-2011 | 1
Richard Hollingham pays a visit to a private space museum containing relics of a bygone era.
New device pours beer from the bottom
12-28-2010 | 13
GrinOn industries has developed the "Bottoms Up" pouring machine for the perfect pint every time.
Boeing enters space tourism industry
9-17-2010 | 4
Boeing has announced that it intends to enter the space tourism industry with flights as early as 2015.
Stars reveal carbon 'spaceballs'
7-23-2010 | 7
The largest ever known molecules the size of footballs have been detected in cosmic dust around a distant star.
Dust disk found around distant star
7-18-2010 |
A new discovery could prove to answer one of the most enduring astronomical conundrums - how large stars are born.
Researchers develop intelligent rubbish bin
7-5-2010 | 4
The device called DustCart is able to navigate around the streets and pick up people's rubbish on demand.
"Pixie dust" helping wounded soldiers
5-6-2010 | 7
A type of medicinal powder made from pig bladders is being used to help wounded soldiers regrow their limbs.
Cat registered as hypnotherapist
10-13-2009 | 19
In a demonstration aimed at showing how lax hypnotherapist regulations are in the UK a BBC presenter has been able to ge...
How Mars turned red
9-22-2009 | 5
A new theory has suggested that Mars was not always red and that the red dust would have never come in to contact with l...
Giant statues give up hat secret
9-9-2009 | 3
How did the Easter Island statues get their red hats ? Archaeologists now believe that the mysterious headpieces sported...
Man-made volcanoes may cool Earth
9-1-2009 | 28
A controversial new area of research is being backed by the Royal Society which plans to simulate volcanic eruptions and...
Hopes rise for liquid water on Enceladus
6-27-2009 | 4
Astronomers studying plumes of gas and dust shooting off Saturn's moon Enceladus believe they have found strong hints of...
Why is moon dust sticky ?
4-24-2009 | 6
A scientist who has studied the question for four decades believes the answer lies in the Sun's ultraviolet and x-ray ra...
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