The chip with a sting in its tail: If Britain’s Ministry of Defence wants to commercialise its research, why did it let one small company working on a pioneering chip go to the wall?
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When soil cooled the world
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Greens and science – a doomed affair?: Environmentalists have turned to science to give weight to their campaigns to save the planet. But science can prove an unreliable ally
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Life
A very cultured chimpanzee
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Engineers move in on the Mekong: Three decades of war in Southeast Asia have stopped exploitation of the Mekong river. Now the waterway may be plugged by a series of large hydroelectric dams. Will dams secure the peace or exacerbate local tensions?
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Britain to go green US-style
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Patients abandon AIDS drug after TV show
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People’s poll shows confusion over biotechnology
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UN environment chief may make way for new blood
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Pressure mounts over SeaCat safety
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Electricity giant axes studies on acid rain
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Particle physicists plumb the depths for Roman lead
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Prospects bleak for Yugoslavian scientists
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France sanctions research on nuclear dumping underground
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Engineers enlist nature’s help in keeping out the sea
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Nutritionists unveil a recipe for health
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Coral traders come to grief on the Thames
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Lawsuits may silence critics of the paranormal
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Oil strike in the pipeline for Seychelles
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Germans argue over nation’s vital organs
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Antarctic accord
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Pioneer killed
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Punk tortoise steals the show in China
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High flier
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Ozone friends
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Zoo fate
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RU486 approved
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Green electricity
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Science: Ozone hole linked to sea temperatures
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Science: Fourth neutrino gains support from old theory
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Science: Atlantic algae form bloom bigger than Britain
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Science: Air pollution may dry out damaged trees
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Science: Is HIV coat the key to targeting cells?
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Science: Natural ‘tranquillisers’ could aid memory control
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Science: Is planet Mars a giant asteroid?
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Science: Enzymes may be clue to vitamin E
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Science: Ice dwarfs at the edge of the Solar System
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Technology
Technology: Squeezed sound for the silver screen
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Technology
Technology: Viewers keeps one eye open for 3-D
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Technology
Technology: Toy planes on the farm
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Technology
Technology: Injection of starch helps bones to heal
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Technology
Technology: Programmers focus brainpower on parallel computing
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Technology
Technology: Frictionless flywheel floats on superconductors
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Technology
Technology: Stray radiation threatens Yorkshire’s motorists
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Technology
Technology: Fast-breeding pea keeps disease on the run
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Features
The chip with a sting in its tail: If Britain’s Ministry of Defence wants to commercialise its research, why did it let one small company working on a pioneering chip go to the wall?
Features
When soil cooled the world
Features
Greens and science – a doomed affair?: Environmentalists have turned to science to give weight to their campaigns to save the planet. But science can prove an unreliable ally
Features
Life
A very cultured chimpanzee
Features
Engineers move in on the Mekong: Three decades of war in Southeast Asia have stopped exploitation of the Mekong river. Now the waterway may be plugged by a series of large hydroelectric dams. Will dams secure the peace or exacerbate local tensions?
Features
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Talking Point: Fusion – a case for special treatment
Review: Darwin’s pervasive influence
Books & Arts
Review: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s descendant
Books & Arts
Review: Light on American lasers
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Review: An earful of calculus
Books & Arts
Review: The man for whom most things came easy
Books & Arts
Review: Debunking the bunkum
Books & Arts
Review: The Norton family
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