Recent Scientific Discoveries in the Spotlight

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2005

Toucan play at that game [Dec 2005 - materials]
Materials scientists could soon benefit from the first ever detailed engineering analysis of toucan beaks. Toucan beaks are incredibly tough and have a surprising impact-absorbing sandwich structure according to the study ...

A star is born, a star dies [Dec 2005 - astronomy]
At this time of year, stars and other heavenly bodies are on many people's minds. One such astronomical wonder was known to Oriental astronomers almost a millennium past ...

Paranoid asteroid [Dec 2005 - astronomy,earth]
The Chesapeake Bay impact crater in Virginia is the largest known crater in the United States. It was formed when a massive chunk of extraterrestrial rock hit the earth about 35.5 million years ago ...

Weighing up the rainforest [Nov 2005 - earth]
Good news for rainforests. Canadian researchers have calculated that the economic benefits of protecting a rainforest reserve could outweigh costs in its conservation ...

Molecules that walk the walk could add up [Nov 2005 - physics]
A single molecule that waddles in a straight line across a surface has been designed and synthesised by US researchers ...

Ringing the changes for e-paper [Nov 2005 - chemistry]
The development of new energy-efficient and high-resolution full-colour displays for portable computing and communications applications, even flexible electronic paper, will rely on finding novel organic molecules that produce colour when a voltage is applied ...

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