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A project that explores a research frontier, attracts high-school students of both sexes and diverse ethnicities and that can be scaled up to international level deserves not only celebration but also the €1-million support that it has just won.
The price of petrol is going up and new oil discoveries are declining. Can underground fires and hydrocarbon-hungry bacteria keep the oil flowing? Jim Giles finds out.
Mental illness, in particular depression, seems to be on the rise throughout East Asia. Why is this so? And can psychiatrists and the pharmaceutical industry together turn back the tide? Carina Dennis investigates.
The small spheres of haematite, nicknamed ‘blueberries’, that litter the Mars landing site of NASA's rover Opportunity might have an analogue on Earth, formed from groundwater in southern Utah.
Among the numerous molecular machines involved in the process of DNA replication are the ring-shaped sliding clamp and the clamp loader. Intriguing structural details of their interaction are now revealed.
Plastics are ubiquitous, thanks to the cheapness and versatility of these materials. Now plastic lasers are in prospect, battery-operated for low-cost communication and display applications.
The tendency for animals to form social bonds after sexual activity varies greatly from species to species. Work with voles illuminates a molecular pathway in the brain that influences such differences.
Faster than a speeding centrifuge... able to write grant proposals in a single bound... it's Superpostdoc! Kendall Powell tracks down these all-action figures.
