Category:University of Sheffield

This is the category for the University of Sheffield, in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 5 March 2014: Wikinews interviews specialists on Russian intervention in Ukraine 21 July 2010: Astronomers discover largest star on record 4 October 2009: Second stone circle found one mile from Stonehenge 30 January

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Firefighters battle fire at Los Angeles International Airport

Thursday, June 1, 2006 A fuel storage tank at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) caught fire today. The 1-million gallon storage tank caught fire at about 8:30 a.m. local time (PDT) according to Ron Myers, a spokesman for the LAX fire department. Myers said that planes were not at risk and no flights were cancelled,

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Welsh University announces intelligent robot conducting biology experiments

Sunday, April 5, 2009 Adam is a robot developed by Welsh Aberystwyth University researchers which combines artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and automation to independently conduct and analyse biological laboratory research. “What’s new and exciting about Adam is [it is] the first time we’ve managed to show that a computer can not only think up new

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Excessive surgeries swell Medicare costs in United States

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 At least 10% of the increase in Medicare expenditures since the mid-1990s is due to increased rates of one type of elective surgery, according to a recent study, and many of the patients may not need it. University of California, San Francisco found that only 44% of patients who undergo an

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Wedding Toilet Hire: Not Quite What Youd Expect

Read More About: Kitchen Renovation Adp Vanity Wedding Toilet Hire: Not Quite What Youd Expect by Abigail Philp Wedding toilet hire is certainly an option you should consider if you are having an outdoor wedding. However, many people shy away from toilet hire because it conjures up images of those blue portable toilets. On the

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Disney buys Pixar

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 The Walt Disney Company has finalized a US$7.4 billion deal to acquire its long-time partner Pixar in an all stock buy-out. The deal will make Steve Jobs, current Pixar and Apple CEO, Disney’s largest shareholder with about 7% (valued at over $3.5 billion) and a member of the board of directors.

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Chinese chef Peng Chang-kuei’s death announced

Saturday, December 3, 2016 Peng Chang-kuei, a Chinese-born chef credited with creating the internationally popular dish General Tso’s chicken, was yesterday announced to have died by his son. Chuck Peng told The Associated Press his father died of pneumonia in Taipei, Taiwan on Wednesday. The chef fled China to Taiwan in 1949 and invented the

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Bucharest Metro operator to purchase more modern trainsets

Thursday, January 20, 2005 Metrorex, the operator of the Bucharest Metro in Romania’s capital, has signed a US$144 million contract with Bombardier for the delivery of 20 additional six-car metro trains for the network. This marks the second phase of the Bucharest Metro’s modernisation, the first being the order of 108 state-of-the-art trainsets from Bombadier

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Large Hadron Collider restarted

Saturday, November 21, 2009 The Large Hadron Collider, a vast scientific experiment to smash together sub-atomic particles, moved a step closer to its goal on Friday night. Physicists announced they had sent protons all the way round the 27 km ring beneath the France–Switzerland border, for the first time since a major failure 14 months

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