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Moon's magnetic umbrellas may shield future spaceships
from New Scientist - Online news
(2012-9-4 2:43)
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New insights into lunar anomalies could inspire deflector shields for spaceships that would protect astronauts against solar storms
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Today on New Scientist: 3 September 2012
from New Scientist - Online news
(2012-9-4 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: stem cells return some feeling to paralysed patients, satellite images of Brazil's ravaged rainforests, the ultimate food scare, and more
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Retracing the stardust trail
from New Scientist - Online news
(2012-9-4 1:34)
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In The Stardust Revolution, Jacob Berkowitz explains how stars have shaped the universe and asks if we may soon discover life outside the solar system
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Brain diabetes: the ultimate food scare
from New Scientist - Online news
(2012-9-3 23:51)
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Big trouble lies ahead if Alzheimer's is proven to be a form of diabetes
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Stem cells bring back feeling for paralysed patients
from New Scientist - Online news
(2012-9-3 22:38)
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Two people paralysed by spinal cord injury have regained some sensitivity after stem-cell treatment
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Landsat captures impact of deforestation in Brazil
from New Scientist - Online news
(2012-9-3 21:28)
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These two images of Rondônia, a state in western Brazil, show the impact of deforestation on this part of the Amazon rainforest since 1975
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Pen ink proves surprise key to powerful supercapacitor
from New Scientist - Online news
(2012-9-3 20:30)
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Just a few millimetres in diameter, the supercapacitor outdoes the performance of other carbon fibre-based devices - and it's all thanks to a coating of simple ink
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If 2013 breaks heat record, how will deniers respond?
from New Scientist - Online news
(2012-9-3 20:02)
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With an El Niño on the way, 2013 could be the warmest year on record. But the climate-denial machine will keep on churning, warns Stefan Rahmstorf
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Matrix-like fly-through shows brain in amazing detail
from New Scientist - Online news
(2012-9-3 19:35)
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See the sharpest view of an entire mouse brain ever captured thanks to a new imaging technique
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Babies without sex or pregnancy?
from New Scientist - Online news
(2012-9-3 19:11)
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In Like a Virgin Aarathi Prasad looks at historical notions of virgin birth and explores the possiblity of a future without the need for pregnancy
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