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Image by inhuman tsar via Flickr The world will not halt the rate of reduction of biodiversity by 2010 SEEKING to alleviate poverty, reduce world hunger and protect biodiversity sounds, to your correspondent’s ears, like something a Miss World hopeful might have pledged in the 1980s. In fact, it was what a professor of soil

A five-year study shows that Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) to treat prostate cancer offers a higher cure rate than more traditional approaches, according to researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center. The study – the first trial to publish five-year results from SBRT treatment for prostate cancer – found

The Alert4All solution is a new public warning system Since 2011, eleven research teams from six European countries have been looking into the fastest and most effective ways of warning the public in the event of a crisis situation. The Alert4All solution is a new public warning system emerging from an EU project of the

You can’t sign up for the quantum internet just yet, but researchers have reported a major experimental milestone towards building a global quantum network – and it’s happening in space. With a network that carries information in the quantum properties of single particles, you can create secure keys for secret messaging and potentially connect powerful

‘Green’ project led by Rice, Swansea scientists matches best water repellant A new class of superhydrophobic nanomaterials might simplify the process of protecting surfaces from water. A material made by scientists at Rice University, the University of Swansea, the University of Bristol and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis is inexpensive, nontoxic and can be

Global warming is a coral reef migration. As the globe warms, many temperature-sensitive species have to adapt or expire. Many in the scientific community have been particularly concerned about coral reefs. A new study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters by researchers in Japan suggests that the threat to coral reefs may not be that dire. Coral

A breakthrough in drilling technology could slash costs by 85 per cent and help find much needed new mineral discoveries. It’s been unveiled by the Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre DETCRC which is a collaboration with the CSIRO, the Federal Government and several mining companies. Only 20 per cent of Australia has been explored

IN April, Gov. Jerry Brown made headlines by signing into law an ambitious mandate that requires California to obtain one-third of its electricity from renewable energy sources like sunlight and wind by 2020. Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia now have renewable electricity mandates. President Obama and several members of Congress have supported one

Eindhoven University develops the first coating with self-repairing surface functionality Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) have for the first time developed a coating with a surface that repairs itself after damage. This new coating has numerous potential applications – for example mobile phones that will remain clean from fingerprints, cars that never need