Fingerprinting
Shining x-rays on fingerprints can detect the chemical elements left behind.
Rust-Free Gold
Why doesn't gold get rusty? (Gold oxide is less stable in air than gold itself.)
Abalone Armor
How the abalone turns soft calcium carbonate into a tough shell
Fat-Burning Mice
Mice missing a gene for an enzyme burn fat instead of storing it.
Sea Drugs Roundup
Cloning a gene in sea moss that makes an anticancer compound, and finding an antibacterial in seaweed
Insulin and Alcohol
Insulin regulates alcohol intoxication in fruit flies.
Bhopal Anniversary
Using an ultra low-speed wind tunnel to model the industrial accident at Bhopal, India.
JFK Analysis
A new analysis confirms that Lee Harvey Oswald did act alone in assassinating Kennedy.
Smart Paint
Paint that contains nanotubes can act as a sensor for bioterror agents.
Doping Sensor
Development of a handheld device for detecting illegal steroids in blood
Malaria Roundup
Getting ideas for drugs from watching what sick chimps eat, and a compound that kills mosquito larvae.
Antibacterial Sludge
The antibacterial compound triclocarban is found in organic sludge used as fertilizer.
Grapefruit Roundup
Grapefruit helped people lose weight, and testing a grapefruit compound that boosts the activity of certain drugs.
Cinnamon Roundup
Cinnamon-flavored gum kills bacteria that cause bad breath, and cinnamon oil kills mosquito larvae.
Aloe Vera Fluid
Aloe vera fluid can be used to temporarily replace blood lost from trauma.
Kopi Luwak Coffee
Kopi Luwak coffee beans really do have a different flavor after passing through the civet.
Cotton and Clay
Binding tiny lay particles cotton makes it flame-retardant.
Industrial Nature
A green tea extract can polish the read-write heads of hard drives, and the way spiders stick to the ceiling can be used as new adhesives.
Electricity from Sewage
A fuel cell that generates electricity from waste water
Vitamin Roundup
A new form of vitamin E that's a more potent antioxidant, and girls in Maine who are vitamin D deficient
Lightning on the Water
Is hydrogen liberated when lightning strikes a body of water? (Probably not.)f