Health & Science

• 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.

• Monday, September 16th 2013 - 22:02 UTC

  Vigo starts bio-bank to store commercial fisheries marine parasite samples

  

  The Marine Research Institute from Vigo, Spain has launched the first world bio-bank which collects, stores and will distribute samples of marine parasites and associated bio-molecules such as the anisakis, in the framework of the EU ‘Parasite’ project to assess their sanitary and commercial impact on the food chain and validation of tools to mitigate effects.

• Monday, September 16th 2013 - 21:57 UTC

  Spanish scientists discover new marine worm that feeds on whale bones

  

  Spanish scientists from the University of Barcelona and the Oceanographic Institute have discovered in Antarctica a new species of worm, a marine invertebrate which feeds on whale bones. The discovery is in the framework of the Actiquim-II project and the new species was baptized “Osedax deceptionensis”.

• Monday, September 9th 2013 - 01:54 UTC

  Argentine border guards rescue Uruguayan lost during four months in the Andes

  

  Authorities in Argentina say a 58-year-old man from Uruguay has been rescued in good health after spending four months lost in the Andes.The provincial emergency service says Raul Fernando Gomez was found Sunday. It says he had lost about 45 pounds and was dehydrated, and is being treated at a hospital.

• Saturday, August 31st 2013 - 18:54 UTC

  Major change in US drugs policy: allows recreational cannabis on a ‘trust but verify’ approach

  

  President Barack Obama's administration ceded ground last week in the US war on drugs, saying it will not dispute the legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington states. The decision was swiftly hailed by campaigners for the legalization of a substance that, under federal law, remains a Schedule One controlled substance on a par with heroin.