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Human arm transmits broadband
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-15 18:00)
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Sending signals across skin could make it much easier to monitor a person's vital signs round the clock outside hospital
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'Wasabi' gene gives snakes night vision
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-15 3:00)
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Humans and rattlesnakes have similar receptors– for us they detect taste but in the snakes they sense heat from potential prey
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Strung-out plastic performs heat feat
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-15 3:00)
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Nanoscale polyethylene fibres conduct heat better than pure iron– good news for circuit board designers
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Celebrating the real Einstein
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-14 22:30)
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It's Einstein's birthday - and time to look at what the genius really stood for.
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Happy Pi day!
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-14 17:00)
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Compose a poem in Pilish in celebration of Pi day - we can't wait to read it.
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Shape-shifting polymer pulls off amazing memory tricks
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-13 19:00)
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The polymer, called Nafion, can "remember" three distinct shapes when heated? the best yet for a shape-memory polymer
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Does the pill help women live longer? Yes and no
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-13 3:20)
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A study shows the contraceptive pill could be helping women live longer, but not that it has more pros than cons, says Jessica Hamzelou
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Today on New Scientist: 12 March 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-13 3:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: better living through green chemistry, getting electric cars onto the power grid, and why 'Terminator' asteroids could re-form after being nuked
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Better living through green chemistry
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-13 2:51)
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For many people, "chemical" is still a dirty word? but wooden trousers, dream creams and mussel muscles are coming to the rescue
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Pi day: Five tasty facts about the famous ratio
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-13 2:31)
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To celebrate Pi day this weekend, New Scientist serves up some lesser-known facts about the famous ratio, from appearances in nature to unusual poetry
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