Oriental skin therapy

Gout gene

US scientist uses herpes virus to fight brain tumours in rats

Using DNA to put them in place

Neem contraceptive

Of maggots and murder mysteries

A leg for a tail

Not all green is healthy

Primordial ripples confirm Big Bang

Dashes of fire

The one-shot wonder

Pigeon zapper

Engine for the future

A new 2-stroke engine could be ideal for the next generation of ultra-small cars

Tracking AIDS

Molecular sieve

Membranes with pores fine enough to filter molecules

Pigmentpointer

Male flies to male

A gene transplant has been found to induce homosexual behaviour in male fruit flies

Pottety prosperity

Silken feed

Fungal boon

Wrinkles of smoke

Cigarette smoking causes increased risk of developing facial wrinkles

Phantom of imagination

A simple treatment for imagined pain in an amputated limb

Computer therapy

Plastic path to information

A new type of plastic cable developed in Japan could flood individual homes with information

Leapfrogging to doom

Human pressures are taking a toll of amphibians