Clean-up act

New void in the cosmos

Soil bacterium for protection against earthquakes

Birds also plan ahead

Geologists uncover underground ocean

Yeast shows the way between nature and nurture

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Cheaper natural gas from oilfields

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Soaking in the sun

The US is trying to revive solar thermal power technology

Watch: What 30 years of Hubble has meant for humanity

The telescope has been the eyes of astrinomers above the Earth's atmosphere

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

Bright idea

Catalysis breakthrough makes chemical production green

Sooty clues

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

Launch by a bomber

Birds of a feather

It's curtains on sound and light

Rockets go-ahead

Cool sound