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Ergonomists helped design a better working environment for control room staff charged with operating the Large Hadron Collider at CERN

Large Hadron Collider is up and running again

The world's largest atom smasher is back on for the first time since its spectacular failure last year.

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Stem cells could soon be used to remedy formerly incurable eye defects which cause blindness

Stem cells: all set for the first human trial

Friday, 20 November 2009

Steve Connor: Revolutionary treatment using human embryos for patients with incurable blindness

Professor Paul Sereno with 'supercroc'

Scientists unearth 'supercroc' that dined on dinosaurs

Friday, 20 November 2009

Palaentologists uncover five new crocodile species in Sahara

The success of Hobbie-J, which is named after a Chinese cartoon character, brings new hope for future dementia patients

Meet Hobbie-J, the smartest rat in the world

Thursday, 19 November 2009

Eleanor Harding: A rodent with a boosted memory-controlling gene brings hope for the treatment of future dementia sufferers.

Anartist’s impression of the 3ft female hobbit, Homo floresiensis,whose remains were found in a cave on the Indonesian island of Flores

It's a new species. No it isn't. Yes it is. No it isn't. Yes it is...

Thursday, 19 November 2009

Steve Connor investigates the latest twist in the evolving debate about the 'hobbit' bones.

The pubic is concerned about the threat to bio-diversity posed by GM crops

GM crops 'have a role in preventing world hunger'

Thursday, 19 November 2009

Rachel Shields : Chief scientist says Government should approve trials of crops resistant to climate change.

HAL's bells: IBM makes 'thinking computer' breakthrough

Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Scientists say they've made a breakthrough in their pursuit of computers that "think" like a living thing's brain - an effort that tests the limits of technology.

A photograph issued by the University of Nottingham of a microscopic worm, one of a group of thousands being sent into space as part of a mission to discover more about muscle loss in astronauts.

Boldly going where no worms have been before

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Thousands of microscopic worms took to the skies as part of a space mission, a university said today.

You can put a price on happiness, and new study says it's a bargain

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Money can't buy me love, The Beatles sang, and the best things in life are free – but according to new research, they couldn't have been more wrong. Not only is the happiness of falling in love indistinguishable from that of winning the pools but, says a leading Australian economist, it's worth a lot less.

Space Shuttle to launch with 'tweep' deluge

Monday, 16 November 2009

Fingers will be flying when space shuttle Atlantis blasts off Monday local time: About 100 of Nasa's geekiest fans will be on hand, pecking away at iPhones, BlackBerrys, laptops and other Twittering gadgets.

Evidence of water found on moon

Friday, 13 November 2009

Steve Connor: Scientists announced tonight that they have discovered "buckets" of water on the Moon following data analysis.

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Andrew Grice: Blair beaten, but a coup for PM nonetheless

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