Press Releases

August 2009

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26 August 2009 - ESO
Trifid Triple Treat
Today ESO has released a new image of the Trifid Nebula, showing just why it is a firm favourite of astronomers, amateur and professional alike. This massive star factory is so named for the dark dust bands that trisect its glowing heart, and is a rare combination of three nebula types, revealing the fury of freshly formed stars and presaging more star birth.

25 August 2009 - EMBL
UK leads European research programme with £10M investment in bioscience data handling capacity
The UK has made its first substantial commitment to a major emerging pan-European science project with a £10M investment (25 August) by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).

19 August 2009 - ESO
A Look into the Hellish Cradles of Suns and Solar Systems
New images released today by ESO delve into the heart of a cosmic cloud, called RCW 38, crowded with budding stars and planetary systems. There, young stars bombard fledgling suns and planets with powerful winds and blazing light, helped in their task by short-lived, massive stars that explode as supernovae. In some cases, this onslaught cooks away the matter that may eventually form new solar systems. Scientists think that our own Solar System emerged from such an environment.

13 August 2009 - EMBL
Raising the alarm when DNA goes bad
EMBL scientists identify a rapid response team that monitors and quickly responds to DNA damage.

5 August 2009 - ESO
Double Engine for a Nebula
ESO has just released a stunning new image of a field of stars towards the constellation of Carina (the Keel).

2 August 2009 - EMBL
Scientists open doors to diagnosis of emphysema
Work by scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and its Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU) with the University of Heidelberg, Germany, has shed new light on the underlying disease process of emphysema using a technique which could in future be adapted for use in diagnosis