June 2004

• Robots get sensitive

  Electronic skin could give machines a sophisticated sense of touch.

  30 June 2004

• Frozen ovary restores fertility

  Cancer sufferers could postpone pregnancy

  30 June 2004

• Fertility fears hit Atkins diet

  Protein-gorged mice prove more likely to miscarry.

  29 June 2004

• Viagra for women?

  Drug targets female brain to boost sex drive.

  29 June 2004

• Avian flu grows more virulent

  Virologists urge surveillance of possible outbreaks.

  29 June 2004

• Nasal solution joins SARS race

  Vaccine against fatal virus works in monkeys.

  28 June 2004

• Saturn's moon mystery solved

  Cassini reveals how Phoebe came in from the cold.

  25 June 2004

• Recipe unearthed for 'glassy' metal

  Sturdier steel forged using rare element.

  25 June 2004

• Could laptops run on spinach?

  Solar cells turn over a new leaf.

  25 June 2004

• Grow a decaffeinated cuppa

  Brazilians discover bushes without the buzz.

  24 June 2004