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 Composer Deirdre Gribbin and scientist Dr Sarah Teichmann's collaboration led to the creation of a musical score based on the patterns in human DNA.
A friendship struck up in the photocopying room of Trinity College Cambridge, in the UK,  between two senior academics – one in the arts, and one in the sciences – has led to an innovative…
Dr Seth Shostak, from the US-based SETI Institute, said the Square Kilometre Array will help because it is faster and more sensitive than current telescopes. Image: SKA
The planned Square Kilometre Array telescope, a radio telescope to span two continents, could be instrumental…
Hawk-Eye ball tracking technology in use. ©Shutterstock/lev radin
Innovations such as the Hawk-Eye line calling system, high-tech rackets, strings and smart monitoring can…
As the northern route opens, the melting ice will have a significant impact on the transportation of goods around the world, and the consequences are manifold, said Didier Schmitt, a scientific…
The European Union’s premier innovation event takes place in Brussels in March 2014.