A cleaner start

A device consisting of a series of metallic discs will considerably reduce pollution caused by a car immediately after it starts

Cool solution

Liquid air can now be used as a refrigerant, without worries about safety hazards

Detecting explosives

Crust of the matter

Forces in between

Scientists have for the first time measured the force that attracts two closely-held plates

Theory banged

Big Bang,the widely-accepted theory an cosmological observations, is in for trouble

Multilingual force

Lifetime of a quantum cat

An atomic mouse probes a Schrodinger's cat, which exists in two quantum states at once

A universal problem

Sure answers for the emergence of structure in the universe are hard to find, but cosmologists may be close to the truth

Twisted universe

A small revolution

Refinement in the probe tip of the scanning tunnelling microscope would help in manipulating matter at the atomic level

Crude rays

By modifying diffraction, the fundamental problem of focusing X-rays could be resolved

Deep dwellers

Life-forms have been found even inside the Earth's crust, a region previously thought to be barren

Misty solution

Robohelp

Supersonic cars

Happy high flying

On board oxygen generation systems could help in flying at higher altitudes

Traffic jam up there

Orbiting space junk poses a serious threat to future space exploration

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Simulated sickness

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Right here, right now

Remote navigation by satellite rules out all chances ofgetting lost in our technology-driven world

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Little brother's tale

Cog and Kismet are brothers, who are helping scientists learn a thing or two about artificial intelligence

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