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Quantum Theory Goes Green

The key to quantum computing may lie in the mechanism that drives photosynthesis.

Making Sense of Babel

The diversity of languages in the world may imply a certain element of selection.

The Force of Gravity

Theoretical advances suggest that gravity may not be one of the fundamental forces of the universe.

Divine Harmony

The ratio of the golden proportion is cropping up in the strangest of places.

Birth of the Earth

A new model solves a key problem in the theory of the formation of planets around a star.

Secrets of Starvation

Researchers soon hope to find drugs that mimic the anti-ageing and anti-cancer impacts of low-cal diets.

‘Scientists Don’t Work to Win the Nobel’

Born in Tamil Nadu, brought up in Baroda and now working at Cambridge, Dr Venkat Ramakrishnan on how his work on ribosomes brought him the ‘fringe benefit’ of a Nobel Prize in chemistry.

The Taste of Smell

The impact of smell on taste is known to all, but even your sense of taste may influence what you smell.

A Perfect Blue

A chance discovery in a laboratory leads scientists to a blue pigment that is close to perfection.

An Author’s DNA

Physicists in Sweden have come up with a mathematical fingerprint that could identify an author.

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