New Scientist
Last updated November 1, 2010.

Out-of-this-world proposal for solar wind power
September 24, 2010
Forget wind power or conventional solar power, the world's energy needs could be met 100 billion times over using a satellite to harness the solar wind and beam the energy to Earth – though focussing the beam could be tricky.

Engineers' trick builds tougher body armour
August 29, 2006
A technique used for centuries to support the weight of buildings and bridges has inspired the development of a new type of armour.

Grass stalks fit bill for earliest toothpicks
November 6, 2003
Experiments replicate the grooves seen on the teeth of early humans - the habit could be the oldest human custom yet recorded.

Robot skin stretches to the task
October 22, 2003
The corrugated gold film in an elastic covering can stretch and contract while still maintaining electrical contact.

Bright future for the low-power bulb
July 19, 2003
A stack of ultra-thin tungsten wire could one day form the basis of a super-efficient light bulb, converting twice as much energy to light as fluorescent tubes and 10 times as much as ordinary light bulbs. (Scanned article -- JPEG file.)

Alchemy with light shocks physicists
May 21, 2003
An unexpected and stunning new phenomenon could allow light to be turned into heat, or X-rays into radio waves.

Algorithm tweaks could boost Google's speed
May 15, 2003
The five-fold turbo boost should allow web searches to be tailored for particular topics and, in future, personalised for every user.

Ink-jet printing creates tubes of living tissue
January 22, 2003
"This could have the same kind of impact that Gutenberg's press did," claims tissue engineer Vladimir Mironov of the Medical University of South Carolina.

Saving the sounds of our distant past
December 7, 2002
The unique acoustics of ancient monuments around the world are facing destruction, claim researchers pushing for legislation to protect the echo-rich qualities of prehistoric sites. (Scanned article -- JPEG file.)

'Fur fingerprints' to tackle illegal trade
November 27, 2002
A new, quick test distinguishes the pelts of endangered species, such as tigers and fur seals, from those that can be traded legally.

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Brain tumour causes uncontrollable paedophilia
October 21, 2002
Sudden sexual deviance in a 40-year-old man was caused by a brain tumour, his doctors tell a conference.

Real-time 2D to 3D video conversion unveiled
October 7, 2002
The company behind the new technology claims it is the first system to allow live television events to be watched through a PC in 3D.

Speed of light broken with basic lab kit
September 16, 2002
Equipment found in any college science department can be used to transmit electric signals at four times the speed of light.

Origins of life could lurk on the Moon
July 27, 2002
"The early history of the Solar System could be preserved in rocks found nowhere else," Armstrong said." (Scanned article -- JPEG file.)

Monumental shapes
June 8, 2002
The nuclei of some atoms may for tiny pyramids instead of spheres. (Scanned article -- JPEG file.)

Quantum wormholes could carry people
May 23, 2002
"Ghost radiation" could widen a wormhole to allow someone to travel to another part of the Universe.

Neural network 'in-jokes' could pass secrets
March 23, 2002
Using two different neural networks to train each other could provide a unique approach to cryptography.

And then there were five
March 2, 2002
Fundamental properties of the Universe are changing, and physicists can?t explain how or why. Now researchers say an as-yet undiscovered fifth force could be behind these changes. (Scanned article -- JPEG file.)

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