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Which oil-mopping technology will win $1.4m X prize?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-31 7:59)
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Filters, centrifuges, and oil-gulping ships may be among the contenders for a new X prize designed to avert another Deepwater Horizon disaster
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What's the best way to eject astronauts during lift-off?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-31 4:15)
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For 60 years, engineers have placed escape rockets on top of crew capsules– future craft may stow them below
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Today on New Scientist: 30 July 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-31 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: the threat from cosmic Trojans, a convenient "drop-in" biofuel, and spinning dog brains
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Quantum electron 'submarines' help push atoms around
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-31 1:30)
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Injecting electrons beneath the surface of a silicon wafer could move us closer towards building things atom by atom
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Galapagos: off the danger list, still in danger
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-31 0:41)
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The decision to take the Galapagos off UNESCO's danger list suggests the islands are in the clear– but conservationists say that's far from true
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Reptilians were the earliest North American pioneers
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-30 23:58)
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The oldest reptile prints ever found suggest that reptiles were the first creatures to venture into continental interiors
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Are cloned steak and milk on European menus?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-30 23:03)
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Reports suggest that meat and dairy products from the offspring of cloned cattle are already on sale in Europe, says Jessica Griggs
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Dog brains rotated by selective breeding
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-30 23:02)
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Thanks to thousands of years of skull morphing, the brains of some domestic dogs have shifted and a key component relocated
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Graphene bubbles mimic explosive magnetic field
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-30 22:43)
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Electrons trapped inside strain bubbles in graphene act as if they were in an incredibly powerful magnetic field– good news for future electronics
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Team-working robots huddle together to boost comms
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-30 22:12)
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Combining radio transmissions can help robots maintain communications, confounding hostile jammers and overcoming obstacles
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