Tumour truths
The p53 protein's association with tumours is probed further, leading to revelations about tumour growth
Diamonds are not forever
Scientists are busy looking for a compound which they say is going to replace diamond as the hardest substance
Sounds like panacea
Regulating the supply of dopamine, a neurotransmitter, could be the first step towards a therapeutic cure for cocaine addiction, schizophrenia …
Bone for bone
Oral intakes of a proteinaceous natural substance may replace the unwelcome injections and other drugs used to cure rheumatoid arthritis
Silk with a difference
Analysis of the moleular orientation of spider dragline silk by CorneIl University researchers offers material science the chance to make use of …
Chimaera child
What is 'FD' the two X chromosome-bearing young boy - one of nature's accidental freaks, something akin to the mythical chimaera, or thefirst …
Cultured livers
Attempts are being made to grow liver - an extremely complicated organ - in the laboratory. This rather intricate process involves the arranging …
For a cause
Healthy people in the US are lending their bodies to help researchers develop a vaccine for AIDS
Plague case causes alarm
French researchers have identified the first case of bubonic plague resistant to antibiotics
Sticking glue to wounds
Wounds will heal up with far less pain as an adhesive will be used to seal up lacerations, making stitching unnecessary
Killer genes, green beards. . .
..and other dynamic stories on the politics of genetic behaviour. The evidence, of course, is scientific
When research kills
Defying an international treaty, Japan encourages its fisherfolk to exceed tuna quotas under the pretext of scientific research
Meltdown 2000!
Celebrations of the new century might be accompanied by multiple nuclear meltdowns wrought by the millennium bug. Is there a way out?
Off with flying colours
A new software increases flight safety by helping pilots calculate their take-off speeds more accurately
AIDS, the beginning
The discovery of a 50-year-old blood sample from Africa, which contains HIV, is throwing new light on the spread of AIDS
Doing time
A beam of light could soon cure you of that jet lag as scientists find out how to "wind" our body clocks
Matter of blood
Surgeries that are planned in advance, may soon be performed without the need for blood transfusions
Still elusive
Two varying estimates of the Hubble constant mean that we are no closer to establishing the age of the universe
Beetles for breakfast !
George Brossard is a man on a crusad. To inform the world that the insects hold the key to a global food security
Bacteria need a quorum, too
As any sensible invader, virulent bacteria ensure that there are enough of them before they attack
12 billion years...
...is the age of the universe. And calculations based on data from the Hubble space telescope have established the elusive Hubble constant
A lifesaver
People buried in avalanches will have a better chance of survival thanks to a simple breathing device
Budgeting for science
The government should not only increase funding for science and technology but overhaul institutions of research
The heart says it all
Scientists stumble upon a dinosaur fossil that could change theories of the animal's physiology
Changing notions
Who were the first people to use the alphabet? Semitic people of Egypt, says a fresh discovery