Science innovations and innovators

New face of science Jonathan Wood is this year's winner of Famelab, a national competition to find the UK's best new talent in science competition. According to the Famelab website Jonathan 'wowed the judging panel with a tale that began with Spiderman and ended with genetically modifying goats to produce a substance in their milk with the tensile strength of steel'.

In the meantime other scientists have been busy making new discoveries......

Sweet Energy Office workers wondering what happens to the uneaten nougat bars in sweet machines need worry no longer. Scientists at the University of Birmingham have shown that harmless bacteria that feeds on sugar produces hydrogen gas. Using diluted nougat and caramel waste, their findings reveal an environmentally-friendly method of producing what is believed to be the clean energy source of the future.

Destination Mars! From the mythology of the Red Planet to the recent remake of HG Wells' War of the Worlds, Mars continues to fascinate us. A prototype robot vehicle created by UK Scientists will act as a surrogate scientist exploring the Martian surface as part of the European ExoMars project.  The experiments on ExoMars include the Life Marker Chip (LMC), developed by Mark Sims of Leicester University, designed to test for traces of life.

Making Waves Research led by Professor John Gruzelier found that teaching Royal College of Music conservatoire students to regulate their brain rhythms enhanced their creative and technical skills. This new project will develop this system of regulating brain rhythms to help a variety of novice musicians, from local choirs and school children to adults, to improve their performance skills.

科学的新面孔英国寻觅最优秀的科学竞赛新天才的全国性比赛Famelab本年度获胜者是乔纳森?伍德（Jonathan Wood）。据Famelab官方网站说，乔纳森“讲述的故事从蜘蛛侠开始，到利用钢的抗张强度在奶里产生一种物质的转基因山羊结束，令评委会大为叫绝”。

同时，其他的科学家正忙于新发现……

糖果能源“糖机中剩下的牛轧糖块干什么去了？”对此疑惑不解的上班族以后再也不用费心思了。伯明翰大学的科学家发现，以糖为生的无害细菌能产生氢气。通过使用稀释的废牛轧糖和饴糖，他们的研究成果揭示出一种环保的清洁能源生产方法，这种清洁能源据信会用于未来。

目的地：火星！

从神话中的红色行星到HG?威尔斯《星际战争》（War of the Worlds）最近的重新制作，火星魅力不减，依然使我们着迷。一个由英国科学家创造的原型机器人航天器将充当科学家的替身登陆火星对其表面进行探索，这是欧洲ExoMars项目的一个组成部分。莱斯特大学的马克?西姆斯开发的生命标记芯片（LMC）包含在ExoMars的实验中，目的是探寻生命的踪迹。

制作脑波教授约翰?格鲁泽利尔（John Gruzelier）领导进行的研究显示，教授皇家音乐学院（Royal College of Music）的音乐学生调节自己的脑波律动增强了他们的创造力和专门技能。这个新项目会开发出这种调节脑波律动的系统，帮助各种类型的音乐新手改善表演技能，惠及面涵括地方唱诗班、学童乃至成人。