Solar cells created with a twist
06/10/2008 11:09
Researchers have found a way to make silicon-based solar cells that are flexible enough to roll around a pencil and transparent enough to be used to tint windows.
Peru studies climate riddle
06/10/2008 11:09
Scientists are trying everything
to solve a climate conundrum: why is Peru getting
colder while the rest of the world heats up?
Exotic pets can be deadly
06/10/2008 10:09
Young children should not keep hedgehogs, hamsters, lizards and turtles as pets, paediatricians warn.
Self-destructing e-mail address?
06/10/2008 11:09
Are self-destructing e-mail addresses the answer to avoiding spam?
Earth's oldest 'footprints' found
06/10/2008 08:50
The discovery of fossilised tracks of a legged animal, from 570 million years ago, suggests that animals walked using legs at least 30 million years earlier than previously thought.
Gene link found to cleft lip
06/10/2008 08:50
Scientists say they have pinpointed a flawed gene that is a major cause of cleft lip.
Smoke may give baby cleft lip
Australians dying for a tan
06/10/2008 08:50
Forty-three Australians a year are giving their lives for a tan, researchers say.
Obama leads - in cyberspace
05/10/2008 13:38
If the US presidential election was being held in cyberspace, Barack Obama would win in a landslide.
'Obama palling with terrorists'
Onus on McCain to fight back
McCain struggling in the polls
Africa faces problems
05/10/2008 11:03
Africa's rich abundance of life seems inexhaustible, but growing pressure on animals and plants could lead to greater poverty, more wars and refugees.
Experts warn of mass extinction
Failure will 'haunt humanity'
Dead zones 'a major threat'
Robbie, Chiefs band together
04/10/2008 22:02
Some of Britain's biggest music stars have announced they are banding together to demand greater control over their music in the digital age.
Technology helps Erykah
Music groups agree online deal
Turtle breeding bid fails
04/10/2008 19:52
She's about 80 years old and the last of her kind. He's 100. They aren't the most likely candidates for parents, but they are their species' last hope.
Endangered turtle 'like Viagra'
Diamonds help cure cancer?
04/10/2008 16:25
A new drug patch material studded with tiny specks of diamonds may one day allow cancer patients to get chemotherapy just where they need it.
Tech elite use net to fight TB
04/10/2008 14:40
A photojournalist's dream of using images to raise awareness about drug-resistant TB is coming true with the help of technology firms, including YouTube and Akamai.
TB still a leading cause of death
12 TB patients now missing
Apple hit by Jobs health rumour
04/10/2008 11:03
An investigation has been launched after Apple shares dived following a false report on CNN's citizen journalist website that Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack.
New Apple range disappoints
Jobs jokes about health rumours
Antarctica like space
04/10/2008 11:03
Scientists are learning valuable lessons about long-term space exploration by spending time in the Antarctic.
Astronaut's diary on display
03/10/2008 22:16
Pages from an Israeli astronaut's diary that survived the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia and a 60 000m fall to earth are going on display for the first time in Jerusalem.
Girl gamers on the rise
03/10/2008 22:16
Girls are staking their claim to the expanding gaming market and the industry has noticed.
Nearly every US kid a gamer
Experts warn of mass extinction
03/10/2008 18:06
Earth's animal and plant species are vanishing at unprecedented rates, evidence that the planet is facing a tsunami of mass extinction, experts have warned.
Workers happiest at iBurst
03/10/2008 14:54
South Africa's happiest employees in the telecommunications and media sector work for broadband provider iBurst.
iBurst named World Finalist
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