Category: Science

Oct 21 2010
Oct 21 2010

Good leaders should use their ‘dark side’

By Richard Alleyne, Science CorrespondentPublished: 6:00PM BST 20 Oct 2010CommentsWhile actuality outgoing, assertive, calm and decisive are the best qualities if you default to get ahead, it also helps to ...
Oct 21 2010

Green machine: Trees may spell trouble for wind power

Could a greener terraqueous globe be bad news for green energy? Wind speeds are falling transversely much of the northern hemisphere, and this could mean less electricity is useful from wind ...
Oct 20 2010

Immigration cap ‘threatens future of leading genetics lab’

Published: 8:39AM BST 18 Oct 2010Hands holding salver containing human genome DNA Photo: SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARYThe Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, liable for sequencing a third of the first human genome, is ...
Oct 20 2010

Deep void yields new fish species

Biologists bear discovered a new species of fish in one of the cosmos's deepest ocean trenches, previously thought to be entirely devoid of grapple.They captured images of the creature, a type ...
Oct 19 2010

‘Telescope’ buried a mile under the Antarctic ice to find source of cosmic rays

By Richard Gray, Science CorrespondentPublished: 8:30AM BST 18 Oct 2010Antarctica is the most excellent place for the experiment because of the ultra-clear ice, for the most part completely clear of ...
Oct 19 2010

New carnivore found in Madagascar

A just discovered species of carnivorous mammal has been discovered in Madagascar.The mongoose-like man has been called Durrell's vontsira (Salanoia durrelli) in honour of conservationist Gerald Durrell.Scientists base the creature in ...
Oct 18 2010

Swine flu jab linked to rare nerve disease

By Richard Alleyne, Science CorrespondentPublished: 12:01AM BST 18 Oct 2010CommentsExperts are carrying revealed studies to examine a possible association between the vaccine and Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a condition which attacks the ...
Oct 18 2010

Healthy brain gene linked to depression

By Richard Alleyne, Science CorrespondentPublished: 7:00PM BST 17 Oct 2010CommentsResearchers possibility of good that the discovery could lead to new treatments and early diagnosis of the class that affects one ...
Oct 17 2010

Bacteria turned into ‘silver bullet’ to combat flu

By Richard Gray, Science CorrespondentPublished: 10:00PM BST 16 Oct 2010CommentsResearchers put faith in the new technique could help to combat viruses such as influenza and those answerable for causing the ...
Oct 17 2010

Cellphones reveal emerging disease outbreaks

YOUR cellphone could be a key tool in the fight against disease by relaying a telltale mark of illness to doctors and agencies monitoring new outbreaks."This technology is ~y early warning ...