Sniff & taste

Detecting leaks

A quick way to detect leaks in containers

Way to go!

A look into the complex ways cells function inside the human body

Cosmic poser

The fate of our universe depends on one question: open or closed?

Found at last

Calcium equity within cells

How calcium ions are distributed equitably inside a human cell

Cellular compass

Researchers try to find out how cells seek direction

Moon illusions

Why does the size of the moon diminish once it is up in the sky?

It pays to be single

Contrary to popular belief, children of single parents do rather well in life

Shh the patient's listening!

Out with fuse

Thanks to gallium nitride, it is now possible to develop bulbs that can last a lifetime

Spin power

Microtechnology is already providing motors with extraordinary speed

Manipulating atoms

Scientists devise a novel way to manoeuvre atoms

The apple holds ground

Gravity works between bodies kept at minute distances, just the way Newton calculated

Bigger yet

Sword of small things

Molecular structures that 'bleed' harmful microbes to death

Prime achievement

100 per cent accurate computer algorithm to identify prime numbers

Sea change

Sea surface temperatures indirectly affect South Asian monsoons

Touching from a distance

Scientists recreate sense of touch on the internet

No more cry

Researchers may soon develop onions that don't have tear-inducing chemicals

Found at last

Remains of Neanderthals discovered in Germany

Final equation

The value of gravitational constant is influenced by Earth's magnetic field

What a nerve!

Scientists turn skin cells into nerves and immune cells

Speeding up research

Deep impacts

Global warming has even increased the temperature of the lithosphere