For peat's sake

The key is hydrogen

Two German projects see hydrogen produced by solar power as the energy source of the future

Towards precision

Pitcher pure

Blitzkrieg against polio

The unborn pain

The foetus can hear, smell and is sensitive to taste, but can it also feel pain?

Generators electrocuted

End of giant electricity generators is foreseen by the discovery of new polymer fuel cells

House power

Surgery for blood pressure

Potato against diabetes

Fat chance

Banned drug approved

Food for thought

Vitamin B12 andfolic acid promise a worldfi-ee of Alzheimer's disease

Calcium wonders

A glass of milk a day may stand between you and colon cancer

Tough webs

What do you get when you cross goat's milk and spiderproteins? Bullet-proof biosteel

Surgical control

Leeches as painkillers

The wonder fungi

Mycorrhizal fungi can improve the quality and longevity of plants

A pain in the back

Chiropractic gradually gains recognition as scientific research gives it a better rating

Megadiversity

Bullet-proof vests

Tree's a crowd

The loggers' chainsaws may not spell doom for tropical forest lands after all

Drawing a bead on waste

Gene trouble

The prehistoric mammoth throws a sophisticated modern scientific method into disarray

Worm sutpnse