Details of the trial were outlined at the British Science Festival being held in Aberdeen.

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Nina will be presenting her results, alongside the other three finalists, at the British Science Festival on 14 September at Aston University in Birmingham.

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BP's new technique - called LoSal EOR and announced here at the British Science Festival in Aberdeen - promises to increase both the life and yield of oilfields worldwide.

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Professor Stevens told the British Association science festival how a new breast cancer drug called Phortress, developed in his Cancer Research UK Experimental Cancer Chemotherapy Research Group, had been awaiting the start of clinical trials for three years.

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It was launched at the British Association's science festival in Leicester.

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Experts from the Public Health Laboratory Service revealed the death and the outbreak of the bug at the British Association Festival of Science meeting on Monday.

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Researchers addressing the British Association's science festival in Leicester last month said a new directive from Brussels could lead to radical changes in the way agricultural land was managed across Europe, with some types of farming being scaled back or even abandoned in some of their traditional areas.

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Speaking at the British Association's Festival of Science, Professor James said the county of Kent, famous for growing apples, had already lost 30% of its orchards in the last five years and time was running out.

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