Category: News

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is! – Anne Frank

Size matters: Smaller particles could make solar panels more efficient

30/03/2011

Studies done by Mark Lusk and colleagues at the Colorado School of Mines could significantly improve the efficiency of solar cells. Their latest work describes how the size of light-absorbing...

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Parlophone to release exclusive 7” for record store day

28/03/2011

PARLOPHONE TO RELEASE EXCLUSIVE 7” SERIES FOR RECORD STORE DAY PLUS FURTHER VINYL RELEASES     ARTISTS INCLUDE JONSI, BEASTIE BOYS, TINIE TEMPAH, BECK & BAT FOR LASHES, GORILLAZ,...

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Psychology: How well do you know your friends?

26/03/2011

How does your best friend feel when people act needy?  Or, about people being dishonest? What do they think when others seem uncomfortable in social situations? According to an upcoming study in...

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Are we all Martians?

24/03/2011

Are we all Martians? According to many planetary scientists, it’s conceivable that all life on Earth is descended from organisms that originated on Mars and were carried here aboard meteorites....

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Is space like a chessboard?

20/03/2011

Physicists at UCLA set out to design a better transistor and ended up discovering a new way to think about the structure of space. Space is usually considered infinitely divisible — given any...

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PRESS RELEASE : SOS Festival 16-17th

17/03/2011

We're absolutely delighted to announce a further 6 bands for SOS Festival…. Attica Rage, Babylon Fire, Velvet Star, Betraeus, Skarlett Riot & Inferno. Also our good friends from...

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Neanderthals were nifty at controlling fire

16/03/2011

  Neanderthals were nifty at controlling fire, says CU-Boulder-led study A new study involving the University of Colorado Boulder shows clear evidence of the continuous control of fire by...

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MONO and The Holy Ground Orchestra…LIVE!!!

16/03/2011

One Inch Badge and Tidal Shift proudly present, MONO and The Holy Ground Orchestra…LIVE!!!      Blurring the boundary between art-metal and neo-classical, Japanese post-rockers...

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Impact of a bad job on mental health as harmful as no job at all

15/03/2011

The psychosocial quality of work determines whether employment has benefits for mental health: results from a longitudinal national household panel survey. The impact on mental health of a badly...

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Science: Teenagers prescribed Viagra.

11/03/2011

Erectile dysfunction drug improves exercise tolerance in young people with congenital heart disease. Sildenafil, a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension, has another...

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TOMBS: Complete Work On New Album

11/03/2011

  TOMBS: Complete Work On New Album; Announce U.S. Tour Dates       TOMBS has completed work on their brand new album, Path Of Totality. Path Of Totality, the follow-up to...

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Spiritualized to play Royal Albert Hall

10/03/2011

    ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON   TUESDAY 11th OCTOBER   Tickets go on sale 9am, Friday 11th March   Double Six is pleased to announce SPIRITUALIZED at the ROYAL ALBERT HALL on...

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Mike Starr (Alice in Chains) 1966-2011. RIP.

09/03/2011

Today the talented Bass Player of Alice In Chains was found dead today in Salt Lake City, Utah. While thought to be due to a heroin overdose the police have yet to release a statment regarding the...

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Trebuchet Magazine featured in T-Squat Magazine

08/03/2011

Australian Style Zine T-squat features Trebuchet in the latest edition. Read On: Winning! Trebuchet MagazineThe aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward...

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Alcohol Reduces Risks of Heart Disease

08/03/2011

A summary paper on the effects of alcohol consumption on biologic mechanisms associated with coronary heart disease provides an excellent review of a large number of intervention studies in humans....

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Can you predict your mate will cheat by their voice?

05/03/2011

When choosing a partner, women believe the lower the man's voice, the more likely he's going to cheat. Conversely, men think a woman with a higher voice is more likely to be unfaithful,...

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LSE Director steps down

04/03/2011

Accepting responsibility for accepting money from Gaddafi, LSE headboy Davies' resignation comes as an inquiry is launched into the affair....

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Does fluoride really fight cavities by ‘the skin of the teeth’?

03/03/2011

In a study sure to set conspiracy theorists clacking away at the keys, scientists are reporting that the protective shield fluoride forms on teeth is up to 100 times thinner than previously believed....

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Activism: Move to stop Murdoch Owning BskyB

02/03/2011

"In 24 hours, nearly half our mass media could be owned by Rupert Murdoch." Avaaz.org has posted a campaign to block the UK governments decision which would allow Rupert Murdoch to purchase...

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Memory, ageing and the irrelevant

28/02/2011

Making the 'irrelevant' relevant to understand memory and aging. Age alters memory. But in what ways, and why? These questions comprise a vast puzzle for neurologists and psychologists. A new...

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Mean girls and queen bees

26/02/2011

Mean girls and queen bees: Females threatened by social exclusion will reject others first. Many studies have suggested that males tend to be more physically and verbally aggressive than females....

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Low vitamin D levels linked to allergies in kids

25/02/2011

A study of more than 3,000 children shows that low vitamin D levels are associated with increased likelihood that children will develop allergies, according to a paper published in the February 17...

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Avaaz and Amnesty: Libya!

24/02/2011

As reports come in through a variety of media it's clear that the protests aren't going well.  Numerous Youtube videos, and global media broadcasts show a country on the verge of violent...

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Air pollution can trigger heart attacks

24/02/2011

Air pollution triggers around the same amount of heart attacks as individual risk factors such as physical exertion, alcohol, and coffee....

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DYING FETUS: Re-Mastered Albums Streaming Online; On The Cover Of Baltimore Citypaper

21/02/2011

  DYING FETUS: Re-Mastered Albums Streaming Online; On The Cover Of Baltimore Citypaper DYING FETUS are currently streaming the upcoming re-issues of 1998’s Killing On Adrenaline and...

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How to leave your body?

21/02/2011

Leave your body and shake hands with yourself, gain an extra limb or change into a robot for a while. Swedish neuroscientist Henrik Ehrsson has demonstrated that the brain's image of the body is...

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Queens of the Stone Age – announce Euro Tour

21/02/2011

Announce UK & European shows for May including London Roundhouse on May 17th Eponymous debut album to be performed in its entirety   Rekords Rekords and Domino are excited to announce...

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Activism: Open Media to Support Protests in the Middle East.

20/02/2011

  Avaaz.org is looking to raise money to create an independant online media portal to allow 'blackout' proof coverage of the protests.  Trebuchet supports the creation of open media...

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Stretching before a run does not prevent injury

19/02/2011

Stretching before a run does not prevent injury...

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Wealth of a Pharaoh: Mubarak leaves with Egypt’s Cash

16/02/2011

According to e-activist Ben Winkler at Avaaz.org Mubarak is taking $70bn (£43.6bn) of Egypt’s money with him. It is estimated that this is around a third of entire Egyptian economy and...

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