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The Mouse That Roared: Pipsqueak Star Unleashes Monster Flare
On April 25, NASA's Swift satellite picked up the brightest flare ever seen from a normal star other than our Sun. The flare, an explosive release of energy from a star, packed the power of thousands of solar flares. It would have been visible to the naked eye if the star had been easily observable... view more (2008-05-20)

Transition Metal Selenites (Mn, Co, Ni, Fe, Cu, Zn and Cd)
The work involved a multidisciplinary task, undertaking the study of phases of mineralogical and physico-chemical interest. Selenites were synthesised, given that they are a new field and likely to present original physical properties.   view more (2005-09-30)

Massive Black Hole Smashes Record
Using two NASA satellites, astronomers have discovered the heftiest known black hole to orbit a star. The new black hole, with a mass 24 to 33 times that of our Sun, is more massive than scientists expected for a black hole that formed from a dying star.   view more (2007-10-31)

Cell's fight against cancer revealed
If anything in cancer biology can be likened to a cage match, this is it: the battle inside the cell walls between LTag, "The Most Amazing Molecule in the Universe," and p53, "The Guardian of the Genome."   view more (2006-09-01)

Astronomers find puzzling dwarf star with complex magnetic fields
Typically, little M-dwarf stars-the most common type of star in the galaxy-are cold, quiet, and dim. Now a team of astronomers led by Edo Berger, a Carnegie-Princeton postdoctoral fellow, found one M-dwarf that doesn't conform.   view more (2007-12-06)

First journey for Europe's first Moon-mapping instrument
An instrument that will map the entire surface of the Moon and determine the minerals and elements in its rocks is due to be delivered to the European Space Agency (ESA) this week. The D-CIXS instrument is a tiny imaging X-ray spectrometer the size of a toaster and weighing less than 5 kilograms.... view more (2002-08-05)

The sweet smell of nano-success
Materials scientists at Lehigh University and catalyst chemists at Cardiff University have uncovered secrets of the "nanoworld" that promise to lead to cleaner methods of producing, among other things, spices and perfumes.   view more (2006-01-30)

Neutron stars warp space-time, U-M astronomers observe
Einstein's predicted distortion of space-time occurs around neutron stars, University of Michigan astronomers and others have observed.   view more (2007-08-29)

High Power Laser for Ultraviolet Light
An international team of scientists at the research center DESY recently succeeded in obtaining the maximum light amplification from a "free electron laser" (FEL) for ultraviolet radiation. The electron laser produced an amplification of 10 million - this corresponds to the theoretically expected... view more (2001-09-19)

TAU Scientists Help Discover the Most Massive Stellar Black Hole Ever Found
An international team, including astronomers from Tel Aviv University, has uncovered the most massive stellar black hole found to date in a binary system.   view more (2007-11-09)

BBSRC regrets destruction of GM crop
The crops were destroyed at the orders of the farm's trustees but BBSRC maintains that there is absolutely no scientific justification for this destruction as there was no risk of cross-pollination with:
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