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Magnet magic puts phone control in the air
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-23 20:33)
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Using a hand-held magnet to interact with a cellphone's in-built compass can allow users to control their phone with natural gestures
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Drayson: Finding applications could help save science
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-23 20:20)
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In an S Word exclusive, UK science minister Paul Drayson appeals to scientists to become more eagle-eyed in spotting the commercial opportunities generated by their work
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Should scientists be asking these questions?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-23 20:00)
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Michael Hanlon is a probing inquirer, but are his 10 Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet) really the most important ones?
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CERN on trial: could a lawsuit shut the LHC down?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-23 17:00)
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The possibility of the Large Hadron Collider destroying the Earth could yet be debated in court. What would happen next, wonders Eric?E.?Johnson
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The secret of long life is up in the trees
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-23 4:00)
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Tree-dwelling mammals live nearly twice as long as their earth-bound cousins, confirming a long-standing prediction of the biology of ageing
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Today on New Scientist: 22 February 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-23 3:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: how bugs could help us build sustainable cities, the quest to wipe out HIV for good, and an unexpected use for latex
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Latex could silence noisy neighbours
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-23 2:30)
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Thumping bass sounds are notoriously difficult to block, but they're no match for soundproofing panels just 15?millimetres thick
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Back to the drawing board with missile-beating laser
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-23 2:19)
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The Airborne Laser recently blasted two missiles out of the sky, but the Pentagon is starting again from scratch to make a practical aerial weapon
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John Adams: The robots' book club
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-23 2:00)
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The literary critic has been feeding literature to a computer program to see if machines could ever read between the lines
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How long till we wipe out HIV for good?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-23 1:00)
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A proposal that could see HIV eradicated using nothing but existing drugs is finally being taken seriously, say Celeste Biever and Andy Coghlan
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