Shady solar outhouses
The US Forest Service has recently installed solar outhouses, but positioned some of them in the shade
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US science budget rises
There is good news for science in general and physics in particular in this year's US budget
Homes to plug into the Internet
Norweb Communications and Northern Telecom have announced a new high speed communications system which transmits data over powerlines
New sites for Oxford Instruments
Oxford Instruments opened two new buildings last month
Budget falls in Denmark
Danish research grants and funds for postdoc training in the natural sciences will be halved next year
EC advisory body slims down
The European Commission scientific advisory committee has slimmed down and changed direction
Science gets a higher profile in Ireland
The Irish government has a new science minister, Noel Treacy - the third this year
Flatter TV displays
The cathode ray tube may make a comeback in the TV display wars, with a new amorphic diamond film
Light up your heart
Pacemakers work by sending a electrical pulse from a pacemaker through a lead to endocardial tissue, a layer of tissue which is then simulated inside the heart. The lead passes into the heart through a vein. One of the difficulties with installing pacemakers, is deciding which vein to use, and how to cope with the […]
CERN hustings
Four physicists are vying to become the next director general of CERN, the European particle physics laboratory
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