Anti-ageing cream as good as drug at reducing wrinkles
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-16 0:07)
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An anti-wrinkle cream has gone head-to-head with a gold-standard prescription drug– after 16 weeks, it produced similar benefits
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A gene for Alzheimer's makes you smarter
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-15 23:42)
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Paradoxically, young people with a gene variant that increases the risk of Alzheimer's have better memories than their peers
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Pliable power pack will let gadgets feed on your body
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-15 21:49)
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Sheets of material that produce voltage when flexed could generate power from the motion of the human body
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Don't turn good scientists into poor entrepreneurs
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-15 20:00)
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How can we make money out of science? The UK's science minister has some good ideas, and one that is very bad
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Fractals, play and mosquito conspiracies: TED wraps up
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-15 18:30)
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The last few days of the conference offered a strange cocktail of speakers, from Bill Gates to Sarah Silverman, says Amanda Gefter
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Primordial giant: The star that time forgot
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-15 17:00)
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The colossal explosion of an "impossible" star may open a window onto the earliest days of the cosmos
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Off-the-shelf camera hacked to grab high-speed video
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-15 3:00)
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Take a part from a home projector, put it in a consumer camera, and you can take 400-frame-per-second video and high-resolution stills at the same time
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More is merrier for wireless power supply
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-14 19:00)
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A coil embedded in a wall or ceiling could efficiently beam power to several gadgets in the same room
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Assassin bugs stalk and lure their hapless prey
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-13 19:00)
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The bugs 'play' spider webs like musical instruments in order to hunt their prey
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Today on New Scientist: 12 February 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-13 3:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: the mystery of Martian sheen, how the climategate inquiry stumbled on the start line, and why entangled photons love a bumpy ride
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