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BY DEIRDRE MASON

IF there are those who doubt whether the time, effort and resources invested in tracking down lost or orphaned sources of nuclear radiation is well spent, the tragic case of Alexander Litvinenko demonstrates only too clearly why this work is crucial.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

RESEARCHERS from University College London (UCL) have produced scientific backing for the popular theory that a high protein diet helps reduce weight. Long the mainstay of the Atkins Diet, UCL scientists have established that eating protein promotes the creation in the gut of a hormone called PYY, which sends signals to brains causing a feeling of fullness.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

LIGHT tanning in natural sunlight and eating foods rich in vitamin D such as eggs and oily fish may slow breast cancer development according to British research published in the Journal of Clinical Pathology.

It showed that Vitamin D curbs the progression of breast cancer by stopping cancer cells from dividing and also encouraged the death of these cells.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON, in London

THE EUROPEAN Commission has given the green light for a campaign to make the auto-buying public aware of the new "smart car" technology manufacturers can install so that driving on Europe’s crowded road system becomes safer.…

BY ALAN OSBORN, in London

AN ethanol-powered vehicle was driven 2,885 kilometres (1,792 miles) on one litre (just over a quarter gallon) of fuel in southern France this summer, sparking off renewed interest in ethanol as an alternative to gasoline in Europe.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

EATING foods rich in vitamin D such as those containing eggs and oily fish may slow the progression of breast cancer according to British research published in the Journal of Clinical Pathology.

It showed that Vitamin D curbs the progression of breast cancer by stopping cancer cells from dividing and also encouraged the death of these cells.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

LONDON (ICIS news)–European chemical industry federation CEFIC said today it was studying closely new air quality guidelines announced last week by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to see whether it would impose significant new demands on manufacturers. CEFIC communications counsellor Dominique Maréchal, communications counsellor for CEFIC, said: "We first need to analyse the document internally," before assessing the guidelines.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON

WITH a further GB Pounds 21 million of UK government money announced last month to help complete the Galileo civil satellite navigation system, tech providers are on its way to offering far more advanced and precise navigation and location technology by the end of the decade.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

STOCKHOLM is to become the latest European city to introduce London-style congestion charging, after city dwellers voted for such a system in a local referendum, itself following a successful pilot. A yes vote of 53% backed charges of between Euro 1 to Euro 2.10 when drivers enter Stockholm’s congestion zone, on weekdays, between 6.30am and 6.29pm.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

STOCKHOLM is to become the latest European city to introduce London-style congestion charging, after city dwellers voted for such a system in a local referendum following a successful pilot. A yes vote of 53% backed charges of between Euro 1 to Euro 2.10 when drivers enter Stockholm’s congestion zone, weekdays, between 6.30am and 6.29pm.…