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Just chillin' - molecules that steady quantum computers
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-22 23:01)
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Chilled strontium fluoride molecules would make great qubits because they resist outside interference
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'Off-grid' cellphone towers could save lives
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-22 22:18)
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Electricity from rural cellphone towers in poor countries could chill vaccines, saving 5?million lives every year, say Harvey Rubin and Alice Conant
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Half the world's plant names weeded out
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-22 20:09)
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Botanists tidying up the global list of flower species have cut out almost half because they turned out to be the same species by different monikers
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Zoologger: Horror fly returns from the dead
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-22 20:05)
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The bone skipper, which feeds on rotten flesh and was the first fly to be declared extinct because of human activity, has made a surprise comeback
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Think or swim: Can we hold back the oceans?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-22 19:03)
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Not even massive geoengineering projects will stop the seas' relentless rise. Maybe it's time we found somewhere to put all that excess water
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Brain-hacking art: Twisting mirrors, unreal shadows
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-22 18:22)
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Why don't we notice impossible lighting and unlikely reflections in realistic-looking paintings? The answer is all about speed
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Retinal cone cells transplanted into blind mice
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-22 8:01)
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Cone cells vital for colour vision have been transplanted successfully for the first time, taking us a step closer to restoring vision to the blind
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Mars moon may have formed like our own
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-22 2:10)
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The Martian moon Phobos was thought to be a captured asteroid, but new observations suggest it coalesced from debris blasted off its mother planet, like Earth's moon
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Development goals: five years to save the world
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-22 2:05)
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The Millennium Development Goals invite cynicism like few other global agreements, but science-based interventions are working
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Today on New Scientist: 21 September 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-22 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: transgenic superspuds, daisies that offer flies sex, and the hack that caused chaos on Twitter
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