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Cern Collider makes fast progress
Researchers working on the Large Hadron Collider are delighted with the progress made since the machine restarted.
Cern Collider makes fast progress
Researchers working on the Large Hadron Collider are delighted with the progress made since the machine restarted.
Restart for 'Big Bang' experiment
The Large Hadron Collider experiment, designed to shed light on the cosmos, restarts after 14 months of repairs.
Water mission returns first data
A European satellite launched to study the Earth's water cycle returns its first data, confirming its novel instrument is working well.
Water mission returns first data
A European satellite launched to study the Earth's water cycle returns its first data, confirming its novel instrument is working well.
Fish 'at risk' in acidified ocean
Fish reared in water acidified by CO2 may become "fatally attracted" to the smell of their predators, say scientists.
Fish 'at risk' in acidified ocean
Fish reared in water acidified by CO2 may become "fatally attracted" to the smell of their predators, say scientists.
Harrabin's notes
Arguments over hacked climate change e-mails
In pictures
Smashing! Cern's particle cruncher finally restarts
'It'll cost you'
How engineers repaired the Large Hadron Collider
'Big Bang' machine to re-start
Engineers have sent proton particles all the way round the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) machine for the first time in more than a year.
Harrabin's notes
Arguments over hacked climate change e-mails
Earth Watch
Korean model for Obama as Copenhagen looms
UK climate unit's e-mails hacked
The e-mail system of one of the world's leading climate research units has been breached by hackers.
UK climate unit's e-mails hacked
The e-mail system of one of the world's leading climate research units has been breached by hackers.
Hubble instruments sent to museum
Two of the longest-serving instruments from the Hubble telescope have taken up residence in a museum in the US.
Two of Hubble's instruments to go on display at US museum
Two of the longest-serving instruments from the Hubble telescope have taken up residence in a museum in the US.
Giraffes use 'supercharged' heart
Giraffes use a small, powerful, supercharged heart to pump blood up the neck to the head, new research reveals.
Repair job
How engineers repaired the Large Hadron Collider
New skin 'may help burns victims'
French researchers say they have found a way of using human embryonic stem cells to create new skin which could help serious burns victims.