Science News

Which oil-mopping technology will win $1.4m X prize?

Filters, centrifuges, and oil-gulping ships may be among the contenders for a new X prize designed to avert another Deepwater Horizon disaster

 
Graphene bubbles mimic explosive magnetic field

Electrons trapped inside strain bubbles in graphene act as if they were in an incredibly powerful magnetic field – good news for future electronics

 
US food waste worth more than offshore drilling

A study of the energetic value of food wasted in the US each year shows the scale of the problem

 
Doctor gagged for doubting shaken baby syndrome

A pathologist in the UK who argues that symptoms of "shaken baby syndrome" can have an innocent cause has been prevented from testifying in court

 
Fall of Berlin Wall was a hot moment for conservation

As East and West Germany became one, a government ecologist got huge areas of land protected – such "hot moments" are key for maximising conservation

 

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