New Scientist - Latest HeadlinesNew Scientist - The World's No. 1 Science and Technology News ServiceCleaner fish calms predators with caresses- July 4, 2008 The parasite-eating fish turns its "cleaning stations" into reef safe havens, not only for itself, but for other species toohttp://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=6085a70df1752648ea677bdd9b8eeebb Giant rubber snake could be the future of wave power- July 4, 2008 A flexible water-filled cylinder that produces electricity as it is hit by waves is very efficient and offers benefits over other sea-energy deviceshttp://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=3450b7bccf181e1dba24bf00618b841f Body-sensing shirt could sharpen up your tennis swing- July 4, 2008 Clothing that can reveal exactly which of a person's muscles are active provides detailed feedback to sportsmen and womenhttp://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=820a69e9089b060c00090fe11e45042b Solar sail gets another chance for launch- July 4, 2008 As early as the end of July 2008, NASA plans to test solar sail technology in orbit with a tiny spacecraft called NanoSail-Dhttp://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=f3e6ecc8981dfb393cc25d6b480f50aa Do we have the technology to build a bionic human- July 4, 2008 Electronic eyes give sight to the blind, while functioning penises are grown in the lab. investigates the body shop of the near futurehttp://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=f048c2dfe662d59192e149a39495bc32 3D modelling gets the measure of stone axes- July 4, 2008 Archaeology is set to become more precise by using imaging software to get objective measurements of artefacts like stone axes (full text available to subscribers)http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=c870cd8c4ccc4019470b40ed77ba6a06 Mercury: The incredible shrinking planet- July 3, 2008 Data from the Messenger probe suggests Mercury has a molten core that is cooling and causing the whole planet to contracthttp://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=fa195f0b7db957bb1dc0ab9ca861afe0 Pulsar's wobble provides new Einstein test- July 3, 2008 An extremely rare alignment between Earth and a pair of dense stars called pulsars reveals how bodies wobble in the presence of gravityhttp://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=931dc6d6ae0e43cc733f52b03e45bd06 Brain chemical may have role in cot death- July 3, 2008 Infant mice that produce less serotonin are more likely to die soon after birth the finding may lead to ways to predict the deadly conditionhttp://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=7fa0a1b0f64bc6117655069a6e22860f Greenland ice sheet slams the brakes on- July 3, 2008 Fears that meltwater could increase the speed at which glaciers flow into the sea, rapidly destroying the ice sheet, may be unfoundedhttp://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=62956668ea7bab382ca30d3d67423672 |