What if Laki returns?

Scientists revisit one of the largest volcanic eruptions  

New space glue

Unlike other adhesives it becomes stickier in dry environments

Soil scan

Soil testing can help farmers decide on the right mix of fertilisers and maximise benefits

When the whales took to water

Fresh evidence supports a long-held belief that whales evolved from land mammals

Fresh lease

Switching speeds

Scientists develop a new switch to revolutionise fibre-opti techniques

Plastic ploys

Dendrimers are about to revolutionise the age of polymers

Videshi works

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It's hot out there

Striking lasers

A semiconductor laser would enhance the performance of telecommunications

Explosions in outer space

Gamma-ray bursts occur daily and are million times brighter than the galaxy

Powerful eye

Quality soils

Unlike orbiters

All aboard for the Red Planet

In tiny specks

...is written the history of the Solar system's formation and life on the Earth

Froggy innovations

Old questions, new answers

Einstein's drag

Two satellites reveal how Earth's rotation warps space-time

TB revealed

Now that science has "decoded" the TB bacterium, a cure seems possible

Blobs burning

Structuring made easy

Light relief

Making organs

A new material might help make tissue for artificial organs

Stabilising mirrors