Pen friend

A hi-tech 'pen' can soon make keyboards and mice obsolete

Switch on the window, please

Windows that change from clear to dark and back at the flick of a switch are set to make air-conditioning systems redundant in buildings, thereby …

New gene promises kidney stone cure

Scientists have isolated a gene that can break down oxalic acid, the primary culprit that damages tissue and leaves the victim gasping in pain

200 years of groping in the dark

...and latest findings have 2 groups of mutually hostile astronomers still going cockeyed trying to gauge the age of the universe

New isotopes on the block

A German heavy ion laboratory discovers new isotopes and also sights nickel 78, which has uses in nuclear as well as astrophysics

Birth of a molecule

The first human-made three dimensional molecule, christened 'dendrimer: could give a fillip to industries like cosmetics, computer chips and gene …

Sourcing the sources

Use of linear accelerators and free-electron lasers is all set to revolutionise the creation of fourth generation X-ray sources

Making a standby sun

Physicists say it's theoretically possible to make a sun in the laboratory.

Aging cells

Gay on genes

Real world is grey

Fuzzy THINKING: THE NEW SCIENCE OF FUZZY LOGIC Bart Kosko Flamingo

Gene foretells

Zippered bondage

Researchers take apart the mystery behind the ties that bind cells in multicellular organisms

Defying gravity

New casting

Looks good, smells better

Careful picking

Top quirk

It took almost 2 decades of squinting at the microverse to finally pin down, on March 2, an accomplished atomic escape artist, the top quark

The secret of carbon nanotubes

Successful experiments in measuring individual carbon nanotubes opens pathways for manufacture of a diverse range of products

Star's blueprint

The mapping of the magnetic field of TX Camelopardalis can provide important insights into the behaviour of stars

Good, but not enough

The efforts of South Asian countries at cooperation in the field of science and technology have a long way to go

Smooth operators

Tiny snake-like robotic appendages that worm into the human body and perform complicated operations. That's surgery of the future

Making 'em say yes

The cool choice

Absorption cooling could be the answer to peak-time electrical loads

Winnowing made easy

A simple technology is now available for separating grains from chaffs