News, January 2001

• Blast from the past - Premium content

  We may have volcanoes to thank for the air that we breathe.

  31 January 2001

• Protein predictors need start to finish - Premium content

  Given better starter's orders, computers could predict what genes mean.

  30 January 2001

• New crash test model - Premium content

  Speeding may not be the main cause of car accidents.

  29 January 2001

• Lumps keep bubbly bubbly - Premium content

  The best-looking champagnes are full of bits.

  26 January 2001

• Rosy glow on information horizon - Premium content

  Electrons are teaming up with particles of light to shift messages around. Philip Ball explains why this is an awkward, if promising, double act.

  26 January 2001

• A happier marriage - Premium content

  Philip Ball looks at some of the techniques that could make a whole new world of chip-based light sources.

  26 January 2001

• Sperm marks the spot - Premium content

  Where a sperm enters an egg influences how the embryo develops.

  25 January 2001

• Rising damp on the red planet - Premium content

  Magma may have provided the water that etched gullies on Mars' surface.

  25 January 2001

• Burger bug genome revealed - Premium content

  Fast food fans may find comfort in the genome sequence of E. coli O157:H7.

  25 January 2001

• Fittest finger first - Premium content

  Weight training helps keep fingers on the pulse.

  24 January 2001