Show the way, ALF

A nose for stress

Bye bye silicon

How microelectronics might take to carbon

QED

Non-discoveries are also important in particle physics

Matter unknown

Charting the Universe

Cells, calcium, and UV light

Their relationship is intricate, and it strongly bears on gene expression

Speakers and writers

Radio or not, here it comes

Is it a radio or a computer? A British company turns the ordinary PC into a digital radio

High anxiety

Experts discover that oestrogen offen affects stress management

Germany's DNA database

Tales of evolution

Recently discovered prehistoric embryos are throwing previous theories into a tizzy

Weighing those words

Scientists have come up with yet another software to assess writing skills

Crystal clear

LCD technology goes further with new findings in liquid crystal behaviour

A doomed future

...is what awaits over 80 million tuberculosis patients worldwide

Taking sides

When right becomes the left and left becomes the right

NET WORK

Starlight fading

Death conquers all. Stars die too, in more ways than one

Plastic-on-wheels

Storm-free

No more smoking

Superfish

Pikes are great swimmers. Scientists are trying to find out how they do it

Bigger bangs

They are bigger than exploding stars. And astronomers are tracking them like crazy

Policing the Net

Quantum leap