Quick fat remedies

Manufacturing drugs to fight obesity may become easier after the discovery of a protein

The truth about an ocean

Cosmic foresight

Precision bending

A new method to bend beams of X-rays could make diagnosis precise

Spotting a powerful serve

How does a dead spot in a tennis racket help in the most powerful of serves?

Starry insights

By studying supernovae, scientists are determining the mass of the Universe

Wheels of carbon

A pleasant wash

A new detergent can help reduce waste emissions during dry-cleaning

Slippery solid

A new solid lubricant would work in diverse climatic conditions

Watery world

Small is worthy

Coping with rejection

Special proteins have been developed that would help avoid rejection of transplanted organs

No small threat

Enemy mine

Hunting mines has become easier

Jammin'

Sign of the times

Mona, a computer-generated figure, will teach written English to deaf children in the US

Bike safety

Rounded off

Future of the ubiquitous personal computer is going to be spherical

Focused and sharp

Show the way, ALF

A nose for stress

Bye bye silicon

How microelectronics might take to carbon

QED

Non-discoveries are also important in particle physics

Matter unknown

Charting the Universe