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Locust brains could thwart superbug plagues
Extracts from the brains of locusts and cockroaches can kill superbugs such as MRSA ndash; new antibiotics could followimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/d790ed4/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Locust+brains+could+thwart+superbug+plagueslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fdn19404-locust-brains-could-thwart-superbug-plagues.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Locust+brains+could+thwart+superbug+plagueslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fdn19404-locust-brains-could-thwart-superbug-plagues.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869789674/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/226037460/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869789674/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/226037460/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Tech heavyweights set to move music to the cloud
Apple and Google promise the next revolution in digital entertainment ndash; instant access to a vast music library, straight from the cloudimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/d78a06b/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Tech+heavyweights+set+to+move+music+to+the+cloudlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fmg20727765.700-tech-heavyweights-set-to-move-music-to-the-cloud.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Tech+heavyweights+set+to+move+music+to+the+cloudlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fmg20727765.700-tech-heavyweights-set-to-move-music-to-the-cloud.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869784865/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/226009195/kg/68/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869784865/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/226009195/kg/68/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Insect brains to fight MRSA
Cockroach and locust brains are a rich source of antibiotics powerful enough to tackle MRSA, researchers say.
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Swarming spacecraft to self-destruct for greater good
Future space probes that work in cooperative swarms must sacrifice themselves if they begin to fail and risk damaging their comrades, says NASAimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/d77a7df/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Swarming+spacecraft+to+self-destruct+for+greater+goodlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fdn19403-swarming-spacecraft-to-selfdestruct-for-greater-good.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Swarming+spacecraft+to+self-destruct+for+greater+goodlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fdn19403-swarming-spacecraft-to-selfdestruct-for-greater-good.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869686643/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/225945567/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869686643/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/225945567/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Brilliant ideas
The secrets behind some of the UK’s newest inventions
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What's in a name? The words behind thought
You think more words than you speak – perhaps because language really does shape the way we navigate the worldimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/d761cb3/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=What%27s+in+a+name%3F+The+words+behind+thoughtlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fmg20727761.500-whats-in-a-name-the-words-behind-thought.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=What%27s+in+a+name%3F+The+words+behind+thoughtlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fmg20727761.500-whats-in-a-name-the-words-behind-thought.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869667595/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/225844403/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869667595/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/225844403/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Blair in climate inaction warning
Former UK Prime Minster Tony Blair warns world leaders they may pay a heavy price in history if they fail to tackle global warming.
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Tiny solar cells fix themselves
A mix of chemicals borrowed from plants with tiny tubes of carbon can spontaneously create tiny, self-repairing solar cells.
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Danish rocketeers postpone launch
A group of Danish rocket enthusiasts trying to launch a dummy 30km into the sky abort the mission when a valve on their rocket freezes up.
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Tilting stars may explain backwards planets
Planets that orbit their star in the opposite direction to the star's spin may not be victims of violence ndash; their star may simply have flipped overimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/d70f354/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Tilting+stars+may+explain+backwards+planetslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fmg20727765.200-tilting-stars-may-explain-backwards-planets.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Tilting+stars+may+explain+backwards+planetslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fmg20727765.200-tilting-stars-may-explain-backwards-planets.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/div
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Mobile chargers could keep electric cars juiced up
Mobile charging units that respond to in-car sensors could ensure that electric car owners never need fear getting strandedimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/d706124/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Mobile+chargers+could+keep+electric+cars+juiced+uplink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fmg20727765.600-mobile-chargers-could-keep-electric-cars-juiced-up.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Mobile+chargers+could+keep+electric+cars+juiced+uplink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fmg20727765.600-mobile-chargers-could-keep-electric-cars-juiced-up.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869607972/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/225468708/kg/68/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869607972/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/225468708/kg/68/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Death of a star
The Hubble telescope re-images supernova first seen in 1987
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How animals evolved personalities
Being social could drive the evolution of personality differencesimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/d6b345c/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=How+animals+evolved+personalitieslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fmg20727764.700-how-animals-evolved-personalities.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=How+animals+evolved+personalitieslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fmg20727764.700-how-animals-evolved-personalities.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869555944/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/225129564/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869555944/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/225129564/a2.img" border="0"//a
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LED-studded skirt makes a bright fashion statement
You'll light up the room in a skirt coated with LEDs that illuminate as you moveimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/d6acc46/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=LED-studded+skirt+makes+a+bright+fashion+statementlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fmg20727765.500-ledstudded-skirt-makes-a-bright-fashion-statement.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=LED-studded+skirt+makes+a+bright+fashion+statementlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fmg20727765.500-ledstudded-skirt-makes-a-bright-fashion-statement.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869549293/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/225102918/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869549293/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/225102918/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Reading Arabic 'hard for brain'
Israeli scientists believe they have identified why Arabic is particularly hard to learn to read.
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Eternal black holes are the ultimate cosmic safes
Normally, black holes evaporate over time, a process that probably releases information about their contents ndash; but there may be a way to create black holes that stand the test of timeimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/d6732d0/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Eternal+black+holes+are+the+ultimate+cosmic+safeslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fdn19402-eternal-black-holes-are-the-ultimate-cosmic-safes.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Eternal+black+holes+are+the+ultimate+cosmic+safeslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fdn19402-eternal-black-holes-are-the-ultimate-cosmic-safes.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869597127/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/224867024/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869597127/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/224867024/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Edible crystals could store hydrogen fuel
Molecular cages for storing hydrogen fuel have been made from cheap, natural ingredients ndash; and they taste like crackersimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/d66e65b/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Edible+crystals+could+store+hydrogen+fuellink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fdn19401-edible-crystals-could-store-hydrogen-fuel.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Edible+crystals+could+store+hydrogen+fuellink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fdn19401-edible-crystals-could-store-hydrogen-fuel.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869592373/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/224847451/kg/132/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869592373/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/224847451/kg/132/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Nasa plans for solar 'close encounter'
Nasa is aiming to get closer to the Sun than ever before, with plans to plunge a car-sized unmanned spacecraft into the star's outer atmosphere.
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Panda twins delight Japanese zoo
New-born twin giant pandas made their first public appearance at a zoo in Japan on Friday in Shirahama.
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