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New Soyuz with digital navigation technology launches for ISS with US-Russian crew aboard
20:48 08.10.2010 |
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The Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft blasted off successfully from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, last night, taking three astronauts to the International Space Station. Less than 10 minutes after launch, the spacecraft reached orbit and its antennas and solar arrays were deployed.
Two Russian-born scientists win Nobel Prize in physics for discovering graphene
20:55 05.10.2010 |
Science
Two Russian-born scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering graphene, a one-atom- thick "wonder material" that may transform electronics, allowing for speedier computers and folding touchscreens. Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, both professors at the University of Manchester in the U.K., will share the 10 million-Swedish kronor...
Scientists finish first-ever Census of Marine Life
21:02 04.10.2010 |
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One of the most ambitious and immense studies in the history of scientific inquiry — the Census of Marine Life, a decade-long quest to count and describe the species that live in the planet's oceans — officially concluded today (Oct. 4), adding thousands of species to the list of known ocean-dwelling plants and animals.
Test tube baby pioneer Robert Edwards given Nobel Prize for medicine
17:01 04.10.2010 |
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British scientist Professor Robert Edwards, the man who devised the fertility treatment IVF, has been awarded this year's Nobel prize for medicine. Cambridge physiologist Prof Edwards, now 85, and Patrick Steptoe, a gynaecologic surgeon, developed IVF technology in which egg cells are fertilised outside the body and implanted in the womb. Dr...
Children's hyperactivity based on genetic condition, study says
15:31 30.09.2010 |
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The behavior of children with the disorder can be explained by differences in the brain rather than parenting skills or diet, according to the study by scientists at Cardiff University. The team found rare copy number variants - where small segments of DNA are duplicated or missing - were twice as common in children with ADHD than those without the...
Astronomers have discovered habitable planet in constellation Libra
12:09 30.09.2010 |
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A decadelong hunt by an astronomer at UC Santa Cruz has yielded the discovery of a planet that could be the most Earth-like planet ever discovered -- and the best case yet for a habitable one, ending our cosmic loneliness. The planet, called Gliese 581g, is located in prime real estate within the constellation Libra, where it's sweater weather, not...
