Archive for March, 2010

LHC back in business

The world’s biggest atom smasher is back on track. The Large Hadron Collider was switched on this week and the last time we checked on their Twitter account it was all going well. The scientists will continue in their work to unravel our understanding of how the universe came into exisitence. The project has been beset by [...]

Swab test to predict future illness?

Could a single drop of your saliva tell you if you are prone to genetically inherited diseases? Well this could soon be a reality according to scientists at Edinburgh University. They are developing a quick and cheap swab test to analyse your DNA. the Results could tell you if you were healthly, likely to develop a disease or diagonse conditions [...]