Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 17 July 2012

Antarctic neutron detectors predict solar storms

The detectors flag up low-energy storms best, so would be most useful to astronauts in deep space who aren't shielded by Earth's magnetic bubble

Open access promised for publicly funded research

Moves in the UK and elsewhere in Europe could allow free access to research funded by the taxpayer

Fantasy forest pulls focus from Singapore's skyline

Singapore's towering supertrees are vertical gardens that generate energy and pump out gases, just like real trees

Panel questions location of US bio-defence lab

US committee says current risk assessment for proposed national facility for studying highly contagious infections in livestock is 'inadequate'

Loitering airships could dispense drones on demand

One company is predicting that airships that dispense drones could one day hover over the world's troublespots

Fat is a beautiful organ

It's time to stop demonising fat - what matters is where it's hiding, says body MRI expert Jimmy Bell

Lizard bot shows how to scamper over the sand

A robot that can run across desert has helped to explain how lizards pull off the trick - and could provide insights for building better Martian rovers

Get the picture? Art in the brain of the beholder

"My child could have done that!" Wrong - neuroaesthetics is starting to show us why abstract art can be so beguiling, says Kat Austen

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