February 2008

• Can you build a 'green' city in the desert? - Premium content

  The United Arab Emirates has little cause to boast of green credentials, but that shouldn#25;t make us too cynical about its new eco-city, says Philip Ball.

  29 February 2008

• HIV's ancient legacy - Premium content

  Lentiviruses may have vexed nonhuman primates for millions of years.

  29 February 2008

• 'Rain-making' bacteria found around the world - Premium content

  Some microbes are frequent flyers in clouds.

  28 February 2008

• VIDEO: Bat's powerful lift is illuminated by fog - Premium content

  Technique shows how bats and insects share the secret of slow flight.

  28 February 2008

• 'Northern lights lab' switched on - Premium content

  Aurora observatory opens on remote Arctic island.

  28 February 2008

• Rainforest logging threatens sea turtles - Premium content

  Displaced logs on beaches are preventing endangered turtles from nesting.

  27 February 2008

• Nano makes it big - Premium content

  A company in the United States has made a sheet from tiny carbon nanotubes. Nature News finds out whether bigger is better when it comes to the very small.

  27 February 2008

• English grants under review - Premium content

  Funding agency ditches peer review in favour of metrics.

  27 February 2008

• Malaria: The end of the beginning - Premium content

  After decades of work, a pioneering malaria vaccine may soon reach the final phase of clinical trials. In the first of two features on efforts against malaria, Brendan Maher reports on a vaccine that is far from perfect - but which may provide new direction and save thousands of lives.

  27 February 2008

• Malaria: The big push - Premium content

  Zambia, with help from partners around the world, is stepping up its battle against malaria. Michael Hopkin reports from the rural front line.

  27 February 2008