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Why sand is a walking robot's nightmare
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-2-10 7:00)
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It's not just humans who find it difficult to run on sand, even the most nimble robots struggle when faced with a stretch of the white stuff, researchers find
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Humans could provide spark that ignites Amazon
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-2-10 7:00)
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In a drier Amazon forest, clearing land with fire could create disastrous bushfires, according to models
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Chemical drink breathes life into damaged hearts
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-2-10 7:00)
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Patients weakened from heart attacks could get a boost from a chemical that liberates more oxygen from their red blood cells
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'Marsupial' robots could roam Mars and the Moon
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-2-10 5:24)
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Simple rovers could roll out the belly of a lander and rappel down cliffs to collect soil samples
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Is Iran's space programme more advanced than thought?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-2-10 2:38)
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A rocket stage still in orbit after last week's satellite launch appears bigger than expected. If so, it means the nation is a step closer to human spaceflight
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Laser trick makes lab-on-a-chip more versatile
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-2-10 1:34)
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Light could soon be used to push tiny liquid samples through "microfluidic" devices
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New antibiotics would silence bugs, not kill them
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-2-9 21:54)
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Destroying molecules that allow bacteria to communicate provides a new way to beat some illnesses, and could make it less likely for drug resistance to develop
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Jamming bacterial chat could yield new antibiotics
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-2-9 21:54)
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Destroying molecules that allow bacteria to communicate provides a new way to beat some illnesses, and could make it less likely for drug resistance to develop
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Conventional crop breeding may be more harmful than GM
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-2-9 21:52)
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Should the regulations governing genetically modified crop strains be applied to other, more traditionally created, varieties too?
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Asteroid bound for Earth! Warn your grandchildren
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-2-9 20:05)
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An asteroid that had initially been thought harmless might just hit Earth 160 years from now
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