Health & Science

Tuesday, October 15th 2013 - 18:15 UTC
HMS Protector leaves for Antarctica from Portsmouth but will return to Davenport

Royal Navy’s newest ice patrol ship HMS Protector leaves Portsmouth this week on deployment to Antarctica, but she will be returning to Davenport, where she is to be based in the future.
Friday, October 11th 2013 - 18:19 UTC
WHO calls for the phase out of mercury fever-thermometers by 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) and Health Care without Harm organisation have joined forces to launch a new initiative to get mercury removed from all medical measuring devices by 2020.
Friday, October 11th 2013 - 12:48 UTC
Brazil begins next year work on new Antarctic base at a cost of 54m dollars

Brazil said on Thursday it will start work early next year on a new Antarctic base to replace the one gutted by a 2012 fire. The new station would be modern and built with more resistant material, Navy Admiral Julio Soares de Moura told reporters as he unveiled the 54 million dollar project.
Thursday, October 10th 2013 - 05:18 UTC
Scientists find huge water channels flow underneath Antarctica’s ice cap

Channels nearly as tall as the Eiffel Tower gouge into the undersides of floating ice in western Antarctica. The recently discovered channels could influence how quickly Antarctic ice sheets slip into the sea, melt, and contribute to rising sea levels.
Thursday, October 10th 2013 - 05:14 UTC
Higgs boson or ‘God particle’ theorists take the Nobel Prize in Physics

Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize in physics for their work on the theory of the Higgs boson: Peter Higgs, from the UK, and Francois Englert from Belgium, share the prize. In the 1960s, they were among several physicists who proposed a mechanism to explain why the most basic building blocks of the Universe have mass.
Thursday, October 10th 2013 - 01:25 UTC
Ice patrol HMS Endurance a complete loss, will be scrapped says MOD

The Royal Navy's former ice patrol ship HMS Endurance is to be scrapped after the Ministry of Defense decided the cost of repairing the vessel, which flooded off the coast of Chile in 2008, was too great.
Thursday, October 10th 2013 - 00:42 UTC
Noble in chemistry for three scientists who developed computer simulation programs

This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry has gone to three scientists who developed computer programs that have become as important to chemists as test tubes. These programs accurately simulate how large, complex molecules behave and this work is central to drug discovery, materials science and much more.
Tuesday, October 8th 2013 - 06:38 UTC
Nobel medicine prize for work on how hormones are transported in and outside cells

Americans James Rothman and Randy Schekman and Germany's Thomas Suedhof won the 2013 Nobel medicine prize for their work on how hormones are transported within and outside cells, giving insight into diseases such as diabetes and Alzheimer's.
Wednesday, October 2nd 2013 - 07:58 UTC
Nasa plans to launch 3D printer to help astronauts manufacture spare parts

The United States space agency Nasa is planning to launch a 3D printer into space next year to help astronauts manufacture spare parts and tools in zero gravity. It will be the first time a 3D printer has been used in space and could help reduce the costs of future missions.
Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 06:51 UTC
Scientists find a way to harness energy from sewage and waste water

US scientists may have found a new way to produce clean energy by way of sewage and water waste, according to a new study. Engineers from Stanford University have developed a more efficient method to use microbes to harness electricity from wastewater.