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Oct 09

Sick American dogs get first shot at cancer drugs

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Pet dogs that develop cancer can now receive experimental anti-cancer drugs before they become available for humans




12
Oct 09

Sick American dogs get first shot at cancer drugs

[read more]

Pet dogs that develop cancer can now receive experimental anti-cancer drugs before they become available for humans




12
Oct 09

Sick American dogs get first shot at cancer drugs

[read more]

Pet dogs that develop cancer can now receive experimental anti-cancer drugs before they become available for humans




12
Oct 09

Sick American dogs get first shot at cancer drugs

[read more]

Pet dogs that develop cancer can now receive experimental anti-cancer drugs before they become available for humans




12
Oct 09

Hole on a stick aims to reinvent the desktop fan

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A novel design whips up a cooling breeze without the need for fan blades, but the gadget comes with an eye-popping price tag




12
Oct 09

A single shot to keep blindness at bay

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Sight-saving drugs could one day be given without repeated injections into the eye, by temporarily breaching the blood-retina barrier




12
Oct 09

Asteroid isn’t just a dry heap of rubble

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Two teams have found evidence of water ice on the asteroid 24 Themis – the find suggests asteroids could have delivered some water to the early Earth




12
Oct 09

Madagascar biodiversity under threat as gangs run wild

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Since a military coup forced the president to resign in March, loggers and bushmeat traders have rushed to exploit the country’s rich biodiversity




12
Oct 09

Today on New Scientist: 12 October 2009

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Today’s stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: how to make a fusion reactor, the advantages to your brain of juggling, and the first vegetarian spider




12
Oct 09

Virgin Galactic adds satellite launches to space tourism

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Flight tests confirm that Virgin’s launch craft WhiteKnightTwo could carry satellites as well as tourists




12
Oct 09

Stretch and squeeze – a stress ball computer interface

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Japanese researchers have produced an LCD-based touch device that responds when you pinch, pull or push objects made from transparent rubber




12
Oct 09

Vegetarian spider is Gandhi of arachnids

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It may have eight legs and four eyes, but this little guy prefers a vegetarian diet to flies and critters




12
Oct 09

Crystal is one-way street for microwaves

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New photonic crystal acts like a diode for radiation and could form new components for optical computers




12
Oct 09

Baby dinosaur made tracks as it fled for its life

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The tiniest dinosaur footprints ever found were probably made by a 10-centimetre-tall hatchling running from its egg to find a hiding place




12
Oct 09

Big banks, big pharma, big problems

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It’s time to “liberate” the pharmaceutical industry’s cash mountain. Give some to the universities – they can make better use of it, argues John Martin