Conventional Science

New scanner could ease airport liquids ban

South American Institute for Fundamental Research set to tackle subjects ranging from mathematical biology to cosmology

New device can be switched on and off

New super-Earth detected within the habitable zone of a cool star

Arachnid silks could inspire improved building designs

Research could also help better determine pulsar age

Physicists create the "ideal foam" in the lab for the first time

Device could boost study of fundamental constants

Laser technique used on solid for first time

Patterns made with nothing more than a compass and a straight edge

Jupiter's companions recreated on an atomic scale

Ultrathin films have highly selective permeability

Periodic patterning confines light, claim physicists

Report says journals remain "the gold standard" for disseminating results

Simulation reveals surprising attraction

Pure carbon-12 is a better conductor

Experiment quantifies error and disturbance

Simulation shows cold gas boosts growth

Simulations show how mechanical change promotes cell division

Material performs the two important steps for generating current