3D microchip created

31 Jan 2013

New type of microchip created which not only moves information from left to right and back to front, but up and down as well.

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Mudflat and marsh at Abbots Hall, Essex

After the flood: harnessing the power of mud

31 Jan 2013

On the 60th Anniversary of the 鈥榖ig flood鈥 that devastated the coastline of eastern England, new research shows that integrating 鈥榥atural鈥 sea defences such as salt marshes with sea walls is a more sustainable and effective method of flood prevention.

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Venus, Jupiter and the Moon viewed from Earth.

Your chance to meet the stars

30 Nov 2012

Experience a free night of stargazing in Cambridge to coincide with the BBC鈥檚 鈥淪targazing Live鈥 when it returns to our screens in January.

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An image of the star Gilese 581 (bottom of image), with an illustration of the debris disc superimposed to show its position.

Low-mass planets make good neighbours for debris discs

27 Nov 2012

Astronomers using the Herschel Space Observatory have detected massive debris discs around two nearby stars hosting low-mass planets. 探花直播discovery suggests that debris discs may survive more easily in planetary systems without high-mass planets.

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Dadaab, the world鈥檚 largest refugee camp, on the Kenya-Somalia border.  探花直播Horn of Africa frequently experiences severe drought and hundreds of thousands of people have trekked to Dadaab seeking food, water, shelter and safety.

Feeding seven billion

21 Nov 2012

With the world鈥檚 population already estimated to be over seven billion and rising fast, the challenge of how to produce enough food has never been more pressing. Three public debates will give people the chance to hear from and question politicians, researchers and journalists on the issues at stake.

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This photograph is a composite image made by Ponting to  capture the desolation of the Polar Party.

Final letters mark centenary of Scott鈥檚 last march

12 Nov 2012

A new collection of the last letters of Captain Scott and the Pole Party has been released to mark the centenary of the discovery of their bodies in 1912. 探花直播book brings together the final thoughts of Scott and his companions in a single volume for the first time.

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How risky is your breakfast?

27 Oct 2012

Understanding how the numbers add up in relation to risk can help us deal with our own uncertainty, as David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk, explains.

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