polar research programme for 50 years will be launched on 1 March

It means ..thousands of scientists from more than 60 nations working together on 220 projects at high latitudes.

Scientists hope to improve their understanding of how changes to the polar regions affect the planet.

It will be officially launched in Paris on 1 March, but the UK's programme, involving 65 institutions, was unveiled on Monday in London.

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New biotechnologies enable teeth to re-grow. New toothpaste

The $3 billion global market for toothpaste is on the verge of a shake-up as new biotechnologies come through that not only curtail sensitivity problems but will also enable teeth to re-grow to fill in small cavities. Today’s toothpaste comes in a plethora of flavours and can of course whiten teeth but from a medical viewpoint, little has progressed in the 40 years since fluoride was added to fight decay.Now though scientists in various countries have developed differing technologies that produce similar results to deaden sensitivity and recalcify the teeth, problems that have increasing significance

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Japan is pretty serious about robotics

In a demonstration this week, a humanoid with camera eyes made by Kawada Industries Inc. poured tea from a bottle into a cup.Then another robot on wheels delivered the cup of tea in an experimental room that has sensors embedded in the floor and sofa as well as cameras on the ceiling.Sato believes Japan, a rapidly aging society where more than a fifth of the population is 65 or older, will lead the world in designing robots to care for the elderly, sick and bedridden.Already, monitoring technologies, such as sensors that automatically turn on lights when people enter a room, are becoming widespread

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