Out with fuse

Thanks to gallium nitride, it is now possible to develop bulbs that can last a lifetime

Spin power

Microtechnology is already providing motors with extraordinary speed

Carbon cleansers

Final equation

The value of gravitational constant is influenced by Earth's magnetic field

What a nerve!

Scientists turn skin cells into nerves and immune cells

Speeding up research

To one's taste

Odour map

Surviving in a battlefield

Wishes grow on cellulose

Here is one battery that will revolutionize the use of paper

Cell sensor

Frog egg helps robot sniff pollution

The big aftershock

Quake activates nearby faults, triggers more quakes

Searing thirst

Do not water your plants under a fiercely glaring sun

Captain Cernan leaves planet forever, 44 years after his final walk on moon

Apollo astronaut Eugene Cernan was the commander of Apollo 17, the final manned lunar landing

Fabric of the byte

The development of technology and its relations with society and culture hold contemporary lessons for India

Light information

Optic fibres enable transmission of information at the speed of light and without any interference

Ironing out pollution

A recently-developed cheap and environmentally-benign iron compound helps dispose of polluting nitrogen oxides

Endurance test for microorganisms

A technology for preserving food relies on creating a hostile environment for bacteria and fungi in whose presence food goes bad

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 …

In search of gravitational waves

Two projects are under way to detect an elusive phenomenon that are thought to be produced by violent events in outer space

Spin-off to space

The billion-dollar Star Wars programme lies abandoned, but the technology will now be used to combat asteroids

A quest for the best

A combination of optical microscopes and magnetic drives might be the answer to today's problems of data storage

Humanising machines

Scientists have incorporated a facet of human logic into a computer programme to help in disease diagnosis

Handy phone

Soon it will be possible to receive a call or dial a number anywhere, anytime, on your wristwatch

Destination drive

The Japanese have come up with a new software that guides drivers about the best route to where they are headed, avoiding the traffic jams on way