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The space business
The Paris Airshow is a giant marketplace for all things aerospace. But what drives the space industry? What’s it all about? Variously, people at the Paris Airshow said it’s a combination of…
Space
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High-tech textiles for a material world
It took just a matter of seconds to flatten L’Aquila in Central Italy. The earthquake, magnitude 5.8, killed 308 people there and in the surrounding region. It was early morning, April 6. 50,000…
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Treatment hope for alcoholics
Researchers in Gothenburg, in Sweden, have discovered that the hormone ghrelin seems to be connected to alcohol addiction. Ghrelin is produced in the stomach and the pancreas and plays a role in…
Health
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Virtual reality more real
Imagine you are trapped in a burning building. It’s a nightmare scenario for anyone, but for people with phobias about heights or fire, it could be fatal. They could be too afraid to move – even to…
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European airports: the challenges of growth
Despite the current financial crisis, forecasts predict steady growth in the aviation sector in the next decades. We take a look at how different airports across Europe are coping with a growing…























