01 August 2011

Spies at war

In response to the attacks engineered by Osama bin Laden, the CIA launched a new era of aggressive action. The changes Bin Laden triggered killed him – and will endure. 

01 August 2011

Extreme close-up

When it came time for Evan Glodell to direct his first feature film, Bellflower – about two Mad Max-obsessed friends who prepare for the apocalypse by building flamethrowers and battle-ready cars – he wanted to shoot on a large-format camera, one so big that it didn’t yet exist. 

01 August 2011

Lifesaving wizardry

Harvard University chemists are fighting fire with electricity. 

29 July 2011

Top 10 new species: Nature's new superstars

Meet the Top 10 new species for 2011, selected by the International Institute for Species Exploration 

01 July 2011

Decimal point break

Researchers in Spain have loaded a high-tech surfboard with sensors that they hope will “turn feelings into facts and figures”.  

01 July 2011

Perfectly organic lights

Today’s organic light-emitting diodes (LED), made from mostly carbon-containing molecules, still require expensive precious metals to generate light.  

01 July 2011

Cars with an electric glide

Piezoelectric energy-scavenging devices, which turn vibrations into electricity, are a popular area of energy research. 

01 July 2011

Cancer Vecro

Cancer often spreads through elusive circulating tumour cells (CTC) that travel in the blood.  

01 July 2011

Elemental power

Researchers make important breakthroughs in systems to convert sunlight, molten rock and ocean waves to energy. 

01 July 2011

Galactic rose for Hubble’s 21st birthday

To celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope’s deployment into space, astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, pointed its eye at an especially photogenic pair of interacting galaxies called Arp 273.