Protein cures cancer

Salt-tolerant rice

New element

Bookish bacteria

Bacteria can be used to produce paper

Trick up the sleeve

Sleeves and cuffs made of a new biodegradable material can help mend damaged blood vessels

Enzymes tailored to fit

British scientists have evolved a way to make enzymes more tenacious and alter their activity

Drug couriers

Artificial fat globules called liposomes can reduce the side-effects of drugs

Language no bar

Good news for diplomats. This new machine will give them respite from interpreters

New one on the block

The much loved video cassette recorder is going down into the technological dustbin

A trail of discovery

Recent observations on comet Hyakutake shed new light on the information of our solar system

Flashing facts

A new class of molecules could open a range of possibilities for storage of data on holograms

Slim beams

Promising pulses

Bony breaks

Living in harmony

Icy quakes

Risking fertility

Ears for music

Lenses favourite

Mayan mystery

Winged wonder

US researchers have developed an aircraft that could possibly explain the mystery of UFOs

Tending on its own

Haloa there!

Flying on a bike

A British cyclist has developed a super bike that can nearly match the speed of an aircraft

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