Sci-tech

Nature fights the freeze

09/02 16:05 CET

How do plants survive the winter? Unable to migrate to warmer climates or cover up, they seem vulnerable to the snow and ice. Yet most of our endemic species deal pretty well with the cold, drawing on their biological and chemical defences. Some make chemicals that attack…

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FUTURIS | 09/02 15:28 CET
New simulator gives pilots a taste of the extreme

Some of the most serious aviation disasters happen when pilots are confronted with a situation they have never encountered before. Now a…
SCIENCE | 09/02 08:27 CET
Mission X – are you fit for space?

Speaking live from the International Space Station, astronaut Andre Kuipers kicked off a fitness and health initiative with a…
SCIENCE | 07/02 16:35 CET
New therapies

Could hypnosis become the preferred method for pain relief in maternity wards throughout the world? A hospital in Lille is trying out the drug…
HI-TECH | 06/02 13:38 CET
ISE 2012 reveals the shape of displays to come

ISE 2012, recently held in Amsterdam, is one of the largest professional audio-visual trade shows in Europe. It brought together over 750…
INNOVATION | 03/02 11:46 CET
Ti my shoes

This tannery in Silla, Spain, has made its leather production greener and safer with a new technology developed as part of an EU-funded…

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SCIENCE |17/01 15:59 CET

French sound alpine glacier alarm

Around the globe, in all latitudes, at all altitudes, glaciers are receding and disappearing at a rapid pace. At a speed that often…

HI-TECH | 02/02 15:29 CET
Ultra thin solar film could mean end of phone charger

Researchers in a laboratory in France are working on an ultra thin…
HI-TECH | 01/02 14:50 CET
Patients benefit from day-night lighting

Sleep is vital to our health and to the healing process. At this hospital in the Netherlands a new system of lighting is being trialled to…
SCIENCE | 31/01 15:23 CET
Extinction of species accelerating

Scientists are calling it The Sixth Mass Extinction; species are dying off faster than at any time since the dinosaurs disappeared 65 million…
SCIENCE | 26/01 19:26 CET
Japanese scientists discover flu clue

This is the world’s first 3D look at the inside of the flu virus. The pictures were produced by a team of scientists at the Univeristy…
FUTURIS | 26/01 12:55 CET
Living independently thanks to a computer

2012 is the European Year for Active Ageing and researchers are using the latest technologies to improve the quality of life for people…