Over 30 Years For Chance To Clear Name 2011-08-21
Posted by clype in Articles of Interest, Glasgow, Scotland.Tags: appeal, convict, Crime, gaol, jail, justice, prison, robbery, Scotland, time
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A man locked up for the armed robbery of a postal van is still fighting to clear his name almost 30 years after he was convicted. (more…)
Mad Woman Attacks Art in Museum – Again! 2011-08-16
Posted by clype in Humanities, Intolerance.Tags: art, attack, burns, Gauguin, Matisse, religion
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![[Picture of mad woman art attacker Susan Burns]](http://clippednews.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/susan_burns.jpg "Susan Burns")
A woman with mental health problems who also attacked a 60.7 million GBP painting by Gauguin in Washington earlier this year has struck again.
This time the object of her disapproval was centred on a work by Henri Matisse. (more…)
Invisibility Cloak at St Andrew’s 2011-08-10
Posted by clype in Articles of Interest, Science, Scotland.Tags: Invisibility cloak, Janos, light, refractrive index
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A student has developed an optical sphere which could be used to create an ‘invisibility cloak’.
Mr Janos Perczel, 22, an undergraduate student at St Andrews University in Fife, said that by slowing down light by way of an optical illusion, the light can then be bent around an object to ‘conceal’ it. (more…)
Latest Fertility Indicators 2011-08-08
Posted by clype in Articles of Interest, Discovery, Glasgow, Science, Scotland.Tags: fertility, st andrews
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Scientists have discovered a new method that can help women know if their biological clock is ticking, and find out whether they are likely to have an earlier menopause and should not delay trying to conceive, or whether their fertile life will end later.
For the first time, a team of Scottish researchers from St Andrew’s has found how levels of a hormone, which can reveal how many eggs a woman has remaining, change throughout her reproductive life. (more…)
