Sunday, October 9, 2011

Today on New Scientist: 6 October 2011

University reform: a flawed experiment?

The Times Education Supplement world university rankings cast doubt on the "radical reform" of England's university system

Stars of the natural world in extreme close-up

Take a microscope's-eye view of the world with the best winning shots from the Nikon Small World competition

Physics Nobel winner: I discovered a cosmic mystery

Adam Riess explains why his discovery of accelerating cosmic expansion is Nobel-worthy - even though we don't understand its cause

Literature of medicine: the era of fiction?

Judging the Wellcome book prize for tales of medicine, illness and health, Roger Highfield found fiction is fast gaining ground against fact

Tributes for Steve Jobs, the man who tamed technology

The death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has united friends and enemies in tribute

Zoologger: The first reptile with a true placenta

One African lizard has embryos that implant themselves into the wall of its womb - just as they do in mammals

Born to be Viral: Watch a surgical robot peel a grape

Four arms are better than two, as surgical robot shows its dexterity by peeling a grape

Cool light to bring quantum magic into the real world

A laser has cooled a microscopic silicon strip to a point where it should start exhibiting quantum behaviour

Kidney recipients freed from lifelong drugs

Pioneering treatment helps kidney-transplant patients dispense with rejection drugs

Fewer asteroids found near Earth

NASA's WISE satellite has taken a census of near-Earth asteroids, finding a fraction as many objects larger than 100 metres across as previously thought

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