Caught in a net

A recent coup on the Internet, which broke the monopoly held by the Netherland's state publishers over information, throws light on what is being …

Electronic lock

A lock has been developed that is more reliable and secure

Time to sit up

A green clean or the polluted nether worlds? The choice must be made soon. May be global 'redistribution of opportunities' in the countries of …

Budding clocks

Now you see it

E-mail is ready to go visual as the 21st century approaches

Van Gogh’s changing colours

Art>> Ultraviolet Rays • The Netherlands

Crystalline construction

Hanging wonder

Airships can provide transport on an eco-friendly and cost-effective basis

Smoking away sanity

Fatal flight

For the Dutch, one more runway at Schiphol may mean more business and jobs, but pollution could go over the top

Grounding fliers

Environmental activists are fighting against the dramatic expansion of air traffic in the Netherlands

A no to yes

The Netherlands has weakened its decision to cut carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2000

City cycling

With the introduction of bicycles for public use, Luud Schimmelpenninck hopes to make Amsterdam a "car-free" city

Bite that mosquitoes love

It depends on the diversity of skin bacteria

Preferential assault

A new research proves a common observation, that mosquitoes are selective in biting

Noisy airport

Pressure for food

Redknot sandpipers use their pressure sensors to prey on buried clams

Cool magnets

Scientists have developed a new class of magnetic material

Mind your language

How the brain helps you to understand language

Semiconductring magnet

Defying logic

The mystery behind runaway stars

The logic of importing lowly dung

Cause for cheer

In two minds

Strengthening the joints

Strong drugs may effectively help suppress rheumatoid arthritis