Single molecule ties itself into famous knot
The tiniest pentafoil knot ever tied could lead to materials with exotic properties
Three elements approved as newest still await names
Darmstadtium, roentgenium and copernicium are now officially named, but official bodies are yet to suggest names for two more additions to the periodic table
Ready for your Mars close up? The probes that took us
A photo gallery of the technological pioneers that gave us a glimpse of our neighbouring planets. Images from Philippe S?gu?la's Space Probes
So you want to design your baby?
Bart Fauser and Paul Devroey provide an authoritative tour of the intricacies, pitfalls and ethical labyrinths of assisted conception in Baby-Making
Cat's eye irises don't need brain to adapt to the dark
The muscles controlling the slit-like pupil of a cat's eye do not need nerve signals to move - a light-sensitive pigment in the iris can do the job instead
Nuclear clock could steal atomic clock's crown
The ultimate timekeeper - the atomic clock - has a rival, thanks to a new method for making clocks based on manipulating the atomic nucleus
Spiny ferrofluid performs magnetic ballet
Watch this magnetised liquid dance powered by force fields controlled by a computer programme
Trade war looms over Europe's aircraft carbon tax
The world could be on the brink of a trade war over European Union efforts to impose carbon charges on the emissions of all planes landing or taking off within the EU
Mental problems gave early humans an edge
Did an autistic inventor start a Stone Age technological revolution? Were the first spiritual leaders bipolar? A daring new theory makes the case
A PhD and an MBA together - crazy idea?
Vicky Young knows she is in for a challenge but as she tells New Scientist she hopes the rewards will make the hard work worthwhile
Military robots can leave operators at home
Ground robots could soon be carrying out dangerous missions abroad while their operators control them from the US
Fantastic Voyage probe detects dangerous blood clots
The new probe travels through arteries to take images of clots and pick out molecules that warn which deposits are most dangerous
Thawing microbes could control the climate
As the Arctic permafrost warms up, long-frozen microorganisms will thaw out and start feeding, reshaping the planet's greenhouse gases
Green tea and red laser attack Alzheimer's plaques
Lasers can force drugs into cells to destroy the plaques that cause memory loss in Alzheimer's disease
Most common stars are more life-friendly than thought
Small and cool they may be, but red dwarfs, the most common kind of star, are more likely to support life than we thought
Encryption for transit cards hacked on the cheap
A new way of hacking the 3DES encryption scheme makes it easier to to hack contactless cards used by credit card companies and urban transit systems
Space station may be site for next mock Mars mission
Six men have emerged from the longest isolation experiment ever conducted on Earth - the next stop may be a mock Mars mission in low-Earth orbit
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