Preserving fruits

Lightning effects

Faster links

Betacarotene, found in carrots, may speed up our access to the Internet

The fairer, depressed sex?

Thicker than blood

A polymer coating might be the answer to the perpetual paucity of blood for transfusion

Life-saving kit

Electric vibes

DNA is found to be a conductor of electricity

Across gender lines

Mutation in a gene can cause a change in sexual behaviour of fruitflies

Sex and longevity

Obesity may be infectious

Puberty too soon

Chemicals resembling oestrogen, may be causing sexual irregularities in adolescent girls

The tilting pole

Is the North Pole shifting towards Japan?

Painless injections

Killer gene

Genetic thieves

Soft-hearted

Design trouble

Going flat out

Leading light

Multiplying effects

Infectious speed

Shaky bones

Gliding back home

'Gliding lifeboats' can bring astronauts back to earth in case the space station fails

The better choice

Developed by an agricultural institute , electric rickshaws can combat auto pollution

Tracking syphilis