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Space: The space business

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…

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Space: Space, Defence and SecuritySpace, Defence and Security Space: A Window on the UniverseA Window on the Universe Space: Uncovering Venus’ secretsUncovering Venus’ secrets
Walls and watchtowers have long been used to ensure the safety of citizens sheltering under their protection. The guardians of the 21st century are…
ESAC, the European Space Astronomy Centre, could describe some of their work as “putting the universe into our computers”. Based near Madrid in…
For a long time, many imagined conditions on Venus to be similar to Earth. But space probes have since discovered a burning hell instead of a…
  1. 67°4 N, 26°6 E: a polar view
  2. Interdisciplinary International Intercultural Studies
  3. Getting to know our planetary neighbours
  4. A taste of how hard it will be putting life on Mars
  5. From Gunpowder to the cosmos the latest techniques to power space travel
  6. European scientists take the measure of gravity

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Dustchasers seek answer to the Aralfuturis Dustchasers seek answer to the Aral 04/06 15:39 CET

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Earthquakes: High-tech textiles for a material world

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…

Earthquakes

Medicine: New frontiers of imaging the human bodyNew frontiers of imaging the human body Weather: Dustchasers seek answer to the AralDustchasers seek answer to the Aral Medicine: Digital fight against breast cancerDigital fight against breast cancer
Twice a year the De Gennaro family travels 600 kilometres to Rome from their hometown of Crotone in the south of Italy. They are not tourists…
40 years ago the Aral sea was the biggest landlocked body of water in the world. Now it is one of the driest places in Kazakhstan and Central Asia…
Nijemgen, The Netherlands, a woman arrives for a breast cancer screening. An appointment she wouldn’t want to miss. Every two years in The…
  1. EU studies CO2 capture in great carbon roundup
  2. Bilharzia and the ‘fluke’ discovery
  3. Looking inside the Sun
  4. Radio tags and invisible ink to rescue European forests
  5. Europeans pioneer ocean acidification research
  6. A new light on energy efficiency

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Health: Treatment hope for alcoholics

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

Health: Assistance dogs for diabeticsAssistance dogs for diabetics Space: Is there life on Enceladus?Is there life on Enceladus? technology: Lift with FingLift with Fing
Paul Jackson (53) from Durham has type-2 diabetes which means his body can’t process the insulin it needs to keep his blood sugar levels stable. If…
Esa/Nasa’s Cassini spacecraft has gathered strong evidence that Saturn’s tiny moon Enceladus retains water in liquid form. The probe has detected…
Lift is an organisation which hosts an ongoing series of events around the world, exploring the social impact of new technologies. The most recent…
  1. Climate change accelerating
  2. One-million old mammoth discovered in Serbia
  3. Battle to save Tarsiers
  4. Cold water coral discovered
  5. Salty food leads to disease
  6. IDA on display in New York

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Security: Virtual reality more real

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…

Security

Security: Security systems at Innovation DaysSecurity systems at Innovation Days technology: Innovating for kidsInnovating for kids Research: Innovation Days in LisbonInnovation Days in Lisbon
At the Innovation Days Exhibition in Lisbon, developers were showing off new software designed to detect the causes of road accidents. The system…
At the Innovation Days exhibition in Lisbon, researchers demonstrated a little electric car designed for disabled children. It is equipped with…
The Innovation Days Exhibition was held in Lisbon and presented around 500 new technology projects from 300 exhibitors, the vast majority of which…
  1. Special house for companion robot
  2. Hydrogen-power revs up for 2011
  3. New technology helps treat sick flight passengers
  4. New improved solar panels and boarding passes
  5. Electric aviation on the horizon
  6. European Research and Innovation Exhibition

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Air traffic: European airports: the challenges of growth

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…

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Environment: Air industry tries to clean up its actAir industry tries to clean up its act Air traffic: VLJs’ success takes jet-setting to a new levelVLJs’ success takes jet-setting to a new level technology: The way ahead for air navigationThe way ahead for air navigation
Air transport is having a growing effect on the environment. How can technological development and research programmes help make aviation greener…
There’s a new breed of aircraft taking-off in Europe, bringing the chance of a private jet-set lifestyle to more and more people. Very Light Jets…
A transatlantic flight from New York to Stockholm shows the future of air navigation. A real test on an actual flight in Fly.
  1. Space technology aids aviation
  2. One sky for all: a look at the Single European Sky
  3. Air today, what tomorrow?
  4. Military-civilian teamwork helps deal with air traffic growth
  5. What goes up, must come down
  6. Manchester shows way ahead for airports