April 2008

• COLUMN: Demonstrably wrong - Premium content

  Public-private demonstration projects are a good way to test technology in the field. But the driving force is often more political than scientific, argues David Goldston.

  30 April 2008

• Snapshot: Rodent round-up - Premium content

  It's been a good week for rat-catchers.

  30 April 2008

• Found: the missing circuit element - Premium content

  Described in 1971, made in 2008: 'memristors' promise a computer revolution.

  30 April 2008

• 'Chemical compass' created - Premium content

  Lab work proves reactions can be influenced by the Earth's weak magnetic field.

  30 April 2008

• Doctors accused of doing illegal stem-cell trials - Premium content

  Patients in Austria may have been misled.

  30 April 2008

• US ocean-research projects in dire economic straits - Premium content

  Multiple marine projects under threat from cash squeeze.

  30 April 2008

• Food crisis spurs research spending - Premium content

  Agricultural research comes in from the cold.

  30 April 2008

• Genetics bill cruises through Senate - Premium content

  Unanimous vote welcomed by personal genomics companies.

  30 April 2008

• Sidelines - Premium content

  Scribbles on the margins of science.

  30 April 2008

• Programs promise to end PDF paper-chase - Premium content

  Software makes article control a virtual reality.

  30 April 2008