Green light for hybrid research
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Regulators have given scientists the green light to create human-animal embryos for research.
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Open-source developers attempting to reverse-engineer the mysteries of private networking software turn to genomics research. They're applying algorithms developed by biologists to decipher the secrets of closed networks. By Danny O'Brien.
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Researchers create three-dimensional structures using DNA-directed assembly.
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New methods to reprogram adult cells could create novel models of disease.
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Editors: Shlomo Reifman and Samantha N. Wong Researchers: Joshua Brandt, Fei Mei Chan,  Andrew T. Gillies, Soo Jeong, Edward Knudsen,  Artie Kwok, John Ray and Jody Yen Programmer: Carl Subick
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Blog: Researchers create lighting foil to save energy, space.
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Exotic materials and cheaper substrates could lead to better photovoltaics.
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Nanotechnology research advances are happening with such frequency these days that the individual achievements are losing some of their power to awe â until you stop and think about them. Take two successes announced in recent days: the creation of the worldâs most powerful electron microscope and the invention of a new [...].
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US researchers demonstrate a system to transfer energy to devices without the need for wires.
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Scientists have struggled for years to make electricity from the sunâs light, at a cost competitive with other power sources. Now they are close, using the sunâs heat instead.
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Molecular-scale carbon cylinders that receive and transmit light waves open the way for new types of communications equipment and solar cells.
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Scientists have long known how to turn trees into ethanol, but doing it profitably is another matter. So a wave of public and private funding is pouring into research labs, and venture capitalists have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in cellulosic-technology startups.
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Shared research produces fast, tiny memory ideal for consumer devices.
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A new carbon-based nanoscale material could be used to make ultrafast computers.
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While some scientists try to build nano machines from scratch, others are discovering uses for single-celled organisms that are already available. By Monya Baker from Wired magazine.
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Engineered E. coli proves efficient at churning out the biofuel.
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Science & environment: Innovative study suggests scientific solutions to global transport problems within the next 50 years.