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Science From Space
Scientists working at the Bristol Glaciology Centre at the University of Bristol will be staying up all night to watch the lift-off of the largest and most powerful Earth observation satellite ever to be launched by the European Space Agency. The satellite, called ENVISAT, is 25 metres high, ten metres wide and weighs over eight tons. Fully... view more... (2002-02-28)

Hormone irregularities linked to chronic migraine
Hormonal irregularities may explain why migraine becomes chronic, shows research in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. Around 3 per cent of the population are chronic migraineurs, suffering pounding headaches for around 15 days a month. Hourly blood samples were taken from 17 chronic migraine sufferers, three of whom were men.... view more... (2001-11-23)

Diabetes Risk Factors Develop Earlier in Women than Men
The "diabetes clock" may start ticking in women years in advance of a medical diagnosis of the disease, new research has shown   view more (2007-02-21)

New method to directly probe the quantum collisions of individual atoms
The first demonstration of a fundamentally new method for measuring a particular quantum property of individual atoms will be described in a research paper to be published in the 19 April 2007 edition of the journal Nature.   view more (2007-04-19)

Huygens test successful
ESA's Huygens probe, now orbiting Saturn on board the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini spacecraft, is in good health and successfully passed its fifteenth 'In-Flight Checkout' on 14 September 2004. This in-flight checkout procedure was the last but one planned before separation of the Huygens probe from Cassini in December this year, and it included some... view more... (2004-09-17)

What makes a killer?
Mind of a Murderer - The Mask of Sanity Tuesday 4th September, BBC 2 9.00pm A new three-part series exploring the inner workings of the minds of people who have killed starts on Tuesday 4 September on BBC 2. The first episode – The Mask of Sanity – looks at the mysterious and often misunderstood relationship between extreme violence... view more... (2001-09-03)

Forgetting the future? Prospective memory impairments in ecstasy users
New research presented today, Wednesday 28 March, at The British Psychological Society’s Centenary Annual Conference, held at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow, now shows that ecstasy use can lead to impairments in ‘prospective memory’. This is the part of memory to do with remembering things ones has to do... view more... (2001-03-26)

Constant sunlight linked to summer suicide spike
Suicide rates in Greenland increase during the summer, peaking in June. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry speculate that insomnia caused by incessant daylight may be to blame.   view more (2009-05-08)

Landing on Titan: The new movies
Scientists at the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL) have made two new movies of the Huygens probe's landing on Saturn's giant moon, Titan, on Jan. 14, 2005.   view more (2006-05-05)

Electrical circuit runs entirely off power in trees
You've heard about flower power. What about tree power? It turns out that it's there, in small but measurable quantities. There's enough power in trees for University of Washington researchers to run an electronic circuit.   view more (2009-09-09)

Daytime light exposure dynamically enhances brain responses
Exposure to light is known to enhance both alertness and performance in humans, but little is understood regarding the neurological basis for these effects, especially those associated with daytime light exposure.   view more (2006-08-22)

How Old is the Universe?
Most astronomers would agree that the age of the Universe - the time elapsed since the "Big Bang" - is one of the "holy grails of cosmology". Despite great efforts during recent years, the various estimates of this basic number have resulted in rather diverse values. When derived from current cosmological models, it depends on a number of... view more... (2001-02-06)

Use public funds to test jet lag drug, say researchers
The hormone melatonin has long been used to prevent and treat jet lag, but in many countries it cannot be sold because it is not licensed. Researchers in this week's BMJ argue that if use of the drug is in the public interest, then public funds should be used to get it adequately tested to be licensed. Jet lag is caused by the disturbance of... view more... (2003-02-05)

'Night owls' report more insomnia-related symptoms
Those persons who are labeled a "night owl" report more pathological symptoms related to insomnia, despite many having the opportunity to compensate for their nocturnal sleeplessness by extending their time in bed and being able to gain more total sleep time, according to a study published in the April 15th issue of the Journal of... view more... (2007-04-16)

Touch wood! Survey reveals secrets of the nation's superstitions
An online survey into the nation's beliefs has revealed that, amongst its respondents, women are more superstitious than men and the Scots appear to be the most superstitious people in the UK. The survey, carried out during National Science Week by the BA (British Association for the Advancement of Science) and psychologist Dr. Richard Wiseman,... view more... (2003-03-17)

NASA scientists identify smallest known black hole
Using a new technique, two NASA scientists have identified the lightest known black hole. With a mass only about 3.8 times greater than our Sun and a diameter of only 15 miles, the black hole lies very close to the minimum size predicted for black holes that originate from dying stars.   view more (2008-04-02)

Hi-tech 'watermark' will expose digital images that have been tampered with
Digital images that have been tampered with could now be spotted - thanks to a digital 'watermark' developed by UK scientists    Digital images such as CCTV footage are increasingly being used as evidence in high profile court cases. However, it is easy to tamper with an image and very difficult to tell if any manipulation has taken... view more... (2002-06-26)

Rhythmic genomics -- the yeast metronome and the walk of life
New genome sequence information from the humble baker's yeast has revealed surprising variation in a set of genes that can be thought of as nature's oldest clock.   view more (2009-04-08)

Precise orbit determination for Jason-1 satellite using on-board GPS data with centimeter-level accuracy
As the on-board GPS has become one of the key POD approaches for LEO satellites and will be widely placed on the future LEO mission to support their orbit accuracy requirements, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory has developed the SHOEDEE-III procedure which may support zero-difference dynamic orbit determination as well as single-difference... view more... (2009-02-02)

Study of early estrogen's effect on heart disease similar to WHI findings
Researchers in The Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale have launched the Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study (KEEPS), which will further understanding of the possible beneficial effects on the heart and arteries and/or quality of life in recently menopausal women.   view more (2006-03-01)
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