May 2008

• Nanosponges could soak up oil spills

  Sheets of tangled nanowires can be used to draw oil from water.

  30 May 2008

• Readers' choice: How cells save their energy

  Energy-hungry cells die if they can't put the brakes on protein production.

  30 May 2008

• Unexpected origin of an early Eskimo

  But hair sample could have been from a wandering mercenary.

  29 May 2008

• Computer model knows what you're thinking

  Researchers can predict which noun a person is visualizing.

  29 May 2008

• Muse: Why we should love logarithms

  The tendency of 'uneducated' people to compress the number scale for big numbers is actually an admirable way of measuring the world, says Philip Ball.

  29 May 2008

• VIDEO: Monkeys move robotic arm using brain power

  'Brain#19;machine interface' might one day help people with disabilities.

  28 May 2008

• Epilepsy drug may help alcoholics

  Drug eases alcohol cravings and anxiety in rats addicted to alcohol.

  28 May 2008

• Plasma twisters seen on the Sun

  Three-dimensional images could help to explain solar jets.

  28 May 2008

• Venerable institute gets a refit

  Britain's Royal Institution reopens for business.

  28 May 2008

• Climate anomaly is an artefact

  Glitch in the twentieth-century climate record is explained.

  28 May 2008