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Micro needles aid bionic advances
Scientists are developing microscopic needles which could help amputees move artificial limbs with brain power.

Climate focus 'good news for species'
Climate change could help ensure the long-term survival of some of the world's most endangered species.

Phoenix diary: Mission to Mars
Dr Tom Pike, from Imperial College London, shares his experiences of being part of the Phoenix Mars probe team.

Green movement forgets its politics
Why climate campaigners should stop trying to persuade people into lifestyle changes and start dealing with the politics.

Secret 'dino bugs' revealed
Scientists use X-rays to find a host of animals trapped in 100-million-year-old opaque amber.

Chemical brain controls nanobots
A tiny chemical brain which could one day act as a remote control for swarms of nano-machines is demonstrated.

Antarctic diary: Polar year
The BBC's Martin Redfern is spending a month in the Antarctic reporting on International Polar Year.

Virtuality and reality 'to merge'
Computers the size of blood cells will create immersive virtual realities by 2033, says inventor Ray Kurzweil.

Rich life emerges from nature's freezer
Tiny channels in the Arctic ice support creatures that play a crucial role in climate-affected ecosystems.

First Test day five as it happened
Muttiah Muralitharan takes three vital wickets as Sri Lanka beat England by 88 runs in the first Test.

Anatomy teaching goes on the road
A mobile lab-in-a-van and chemistry laboratories open for teaching at the University of Bristol.

Diary: Taking the Northwest Passage
BBC science and environment correspondent David Shukman joins the Canadian Coast Guard research vessel, the Amundsen, as it attempts to make a crossing of the Northwest Passage.

Arctic muds reveal sea ice record
A new technique to track the extent of Arctic sea ice over the past 1,000 years is being developed by a UK team.

Disk technology takes Nobel Prize
French scientist Albert Fert and Peter Grunberg of Germany win the 2007 Nobel Prize in physics.

Miniature golden artwork unveiled
Scientists create a tiny image of the Sun using a technique which could be used to make future silicon chips.

Hot picks: UK tech start-ups
The BBC News website identifies some of the UK's hottest tech start-up companies.

The great American ideas factory
BBC business presenter Peter Day visits Silicon Valley, California, where the surging creativity of new business formation is still in full swing, whatever the fears of the financial markets.

Phoenix diary: Mission to Mars
Dr Tom Pike is a team member on Nasa's Phoenix mission to Mars. He is writing a diary of his experiences on the project.

Sensitive giant probes atomic world
The UK's most powerful microscope, based at Imperial College London, moves towards full operation.

Third Test day three as it happened
West Indies, needing an unlikely 455 to win the fourth Test, reach stumps on day three against England on 22-1.