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Rare diseases are important too: Investigating Idiopatic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH)
Science, Maths & Technology

Rare diseases are important too: Investigating Idiopatic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH)

...liquid called Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) which protects it and acts as a cushion. However, if there is an excess of CSF, the pressure inside the skull will increase. This can lead to severe problems and symptoms – this is what happens inside of an IIH patient’s head. The reason why there is an excess of CSF in this disease is not yet known. While this is not a life...
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Rosetta unexpectedly finds oxygen on comet 67P, surprising scientists
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Rosetta unexpectedly finds oxygen on comet 67P, surprising scientists

...liquid) more readily instead of condensing (turning to liquid from gas) on the surface of cold ice and dust grains where it would react with hydrogen to form water. That means that our solar system might have formed from an unusually warm cloud, which raises the question as to what might have caused this elevated temperature. The authors of the study also explore other...
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The Material World: On Chesil Beach (getting closer to Titan)
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The Material World: On Chesil Beach (getting closer to Titan)

...liquid methane. [The surface of Titan, imaged by the Huygens probe.] The surface of Titan imaged by the Huygens probe. When January 14 came and went, Huygens behaved almost immaculately – and the penetrometer collected its precious data. The on-board camera showed that Huygens had landed on what looked like the shore of a dried-up lake bed. Some "pebbles" were visible...
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What do we know about the seven Earth-like planets?
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What do we know about the seven Earth-like planets?

...liquid water, and potentially life, to exist. But is it possible to know anything about what these planets are like beyond simple measures such as temperature and mass? There are indeed several factors that can give us a clue. So let’s take a look at what planetary processes we might expect to find there – and ultimately whether life could exist. The seven planets...
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A tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Education & Development

A tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu

...sang in the morning choir, my elder brothers were choristers until their voices broke (mostly for Evensong, festival occasions and the Nine Lessons & Carols at Christmas) and my younger sister and I were altar servers, usually carrying a candle or crucifix in the processions and helping the priests with preparing the Eucharist. Enthroning our new Archbishop Apparently...
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How can you use sand to store energy?
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How can you use sand to store energy?

...liquid, air, or gas that is injected into the turbine. This process consumes a lot of energy, which raises the cost.” Calvet admits that more research and funding is needed to commercialise the technology. "Securing funding poses a challenge as we need nearly US$300,000 to test the system in the pre-marketing stage," he explains. This article originally appeared on...
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Live long and prosper?
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Live long and prosper?

...liquid water to exist on the surface of a planet. Venus is too close to the Sun (and therefore too hot) whilst Mars is too far away (and therefore too cold). Moreover, the Earth is large enough to have held onto its atmosphere (unlike the Moon) and (barring a few catastrophic meteorite impacts over the last few billion years) has remained habitable long enough for...
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Banking crimes without end
Society, Politics & Law

Banking crimes without end

...liquidity support, underwriting borrowing by banks to strengthen liquidity, and providing insurance cover for assets. The Government ‘cash outlay’ is said to have peaked ‘at £133 billion, equivalent to more than £2,000 for every person in the UK’. In stark contrast, the costs of the public purse rescuing private capital have been politically re-framed and the UK...
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