Bigger bangs

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

Policing the Net

Quantum leap

Material bliss

A new technique promises to make the material scientists' job easier

Mother Universe

How did the Universe "get going"? Here's a new, interesting theory

Timing it right

Planet waves

Good news. Star 51 Pegasi really has an orbiting planet

Memories...

...and gadgets to keep them safe

Crank-up your laptop

Crystal clear

A new material may help develop cheap and reliable analytic kits

Innervating chips

Carbon Valley

We are one step closer to part two of the microelectronic revolution

Rocks, and Mars' past

Hollow optic fibre

The laptop talks!

Liquid crystals produce sounds. Will we have tiny speakers?

The wing thing

Guess what is similar to the dull wings of a fruitfly and the colourful ones of a butterfly

Battery innovation

Iron batteries

Lost and found

Circuits of the future

There is already a technique to make materials for a new generation of circuits

The nepotism chemical

Bright prospects

Consumer electronics may benefit from new advances

Star antics

Scientists are close to establishing a link between gamma-ray bursters and exploding stars

Still elusive

Some recent findings question the little we know about sub-atomic particles

Science Friction

Scientists discover the atomic phenomenon behind friction