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Monday, 26 November 2007 |
New High Quality Scanner Presented
A new scanner has been unveiled which can produce 3D body images of unprecedented clarity while reducing radiation by some 80%. The new CT machine takes large numbers of X-ray pictures, and combines them using computer technology to produce the final detailed images. It also generates images in a fraction of the time of other scanners: a full body scan takes less than a minute. The Brilliance iCT scanner, made by Philips Medical Systems, was presented at the Radiological Society of North America.
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Sunday, 25 November 2007 |
America's Cup Postponed
The 33rd America’s Cup, originally planned to be held in Valencia in 2009, has been postponed and so far no alternative date has been announced. The two Ernesto Bertarelli-owned organisations - the Swiss Alinghi sailing team and America's Cup Management (ACM) - cite the legal challenge by Larry Ellison's Golden Gate Yacht Club of San Francisco as the reason. "The ongoing uncertainty around the conclusion of the New York court case leaves the organisers no choice but to delay the event," ACM said.
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Wednesday, 21 November 2007 |
UK population '71m in 2031'
The number of people living in Britain will rise to 71 million over the next 25 years, official statistics have suggested. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), Britain's population, measured at 60.6 million last year, will rise 0.7 per cent annually.
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Wednesday, 21 November 2007 |
The Cave of Romulus and Remus
Legend has it that Rome was founded by the twin brothers Romulus and Remus, who were raised on the milk of a she-wolf in her cave lair. For many hundreds of years archaeologists have lived in hope of finding the grotto and now, by sheer luck, they believe they have. The cave, known as the Lupercal - Luper is Latin for wolf - was discovered facing the Circus Maximus underneath the palace of the first emperor, Augustus.
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Tuesday, 13 November 2007 |
UK described as 'dustbin of Europe'
Britain is the "dustbin of Europe" and could run out of landfill space within nine years as UK households dump more rubbish than any other EU country, figures have revealed. The Local Government Association (LGA) says the UK dumped 22.6 million tons of household waste in 2005, more than the bottom-ranked 18 countries combined. Britain has dedicated an area the size of Warwick - 109 square miles - exclusively to landfill and will run out of space for dumping in less than a decade if current trends continue.
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