Understanding transition
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
New casting
Looks good, smells better
Careful picking
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
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
Star's blueprint
The mapping of the magnetic field of TX Camelopardalis can provide important insights into the behaviour of stars
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
Winnowing made easy
A simple technology is now available for separating grains from chaffs
Incredible journey
Light relief