Cold fusion II: the story continues - Many scientists think that fusion carried out in a test tube is nonsense. But a good look at recent results reveals that the reaction is real
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Cold fusion I: the discovery that never was - At last, the bubble of cold fusion has burst, leaving behind a sticky story of intrigue, false facts and wrong inferences
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An international charter for investors?: Moves to devise a world patenting system have been unsuccessful so far. But the growth of regional agreements on intellectual property has revolutionised national patent offices
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Parcelling maths and physics up with string
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Whatever happened to cold fusion?
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Topologist at the top: After years at the forefront of mathematical research, Sir Michael Atiyah now heads two great pillars of the Establishment, Trinity College Cambridge and the Royal Society
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The musical mind: How do we perceive music? Do Mahler and Madonna have anything in common? A forthcoming television programme reveals some of the answers
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The decline and fall of a national heritage
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On the saving of the species: No one knows how many million species exist on Earth or how to save them all. But scientists agree that extinction is not just a biological problem
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Technology
Technology: Culture shock for human antibodies
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Technology
Technology: Shellfish stop the rot in fruit
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Technology
Technology: Images of live cells unlock secrets of cancer
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Technology
Technology: Things that glow in the dark in Sweden
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Science: Tiny tubes prevent liquids from freezing
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Science: Curious crystals confound chemists
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Science: Cyclical Universe bounces back
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Dam confrontation
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Secret academy
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Trabbies laid to rest as drivers go West
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Golf threatens toad
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SSC plays safe
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British scientists face exclusion from Europe
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Greeks plan to save turtles from the soup
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Botswana's water plan hits the rocks
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State of science
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Stranded waste
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US buys Soviet 'hot metal' reactor
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Breast cancer test picks cases for chemotherapy
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Last-minute reprieve for Dounreay reactor?
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Flush with nitrates
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Old design caused train to crumple
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Cold shoulder for fusion chemists
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Earth
Warmer winters fit greenhouse model
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Aluminium 'mop' slows Alzheimer's disease
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Space frogs' bodies donated to science
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Gulf war could mean largest ever oil spill
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Global hum threatens to 'deafen' whales
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Opinion
Features
Cold fusion II: the story continues - Many scientists think that fusion carried out in a test tube is nonsense. But a good look at recent results reveals that the reaction is real
Features
Cold fusion I: the discovery that never was - At last, the bubble of cold fusion has burst, leaving behind a sticky story of intrigue, false facts and wrong inferences
Features
An international charter for investors?: Moves to devise a world patenting system have been unsuccessful so far. But the growth of regional agreements on intellectual property has revolutionised national patent offices
Features
Parcelling maths and physics up with string
Features
Whatever happened to cold fusion?
Features
Topologist at the top: After years at the forefront of mathematical research, Sir Michael Atiyah now heads two great pillars of the Establishment, Trinity College Cambridge and the Royal Society
Features
The musical mind: How do we perceive music? Do Mahler and Madonna have anything in common? A forthcoming television programme reveals some of the answers
Features
The decline and fall of a national heritage
Features
On the saving of the species: No one knows how many million species exist on Earth or how to save them all. But scientists agree that extinction is not just a biological problem
Features
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Quantum mechanics in the home
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Thistle Diary - Comment from Westminster - Where will all the waste go?
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Forum: When second things come first - Sue Birchmore describes the regeneration of a Kenyan village
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Forum: Ban the stone axe! - Derek Ager laments mankind's first environmental onslaught
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Review: Mathematical machines
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Review: Travelling in hope
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Review: Another New Year's resolution
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Books / 'Britain's Changing Environment'
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Review: Dirt and dirty dealing
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Review: Evolution, a suitable case for treatment
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Review: The greening of Rupert Sheldrake
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Talking Point: On trial - drugs that may prevent disease
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