Features June 2005
Charge of the light brigade
Photovoltaic cells are not widely used because of their high cost. Simon Hadlington explores some of the work under way to produce cheaper, more efficient cells
The right woman for the job
Julia Higgins serves on many high-level scientific bodies and was awarded a DBE in 2001 for her services to science. She talks to Karen Harries-Rees about her roles and plans
Exploring the outer reaches
The periodic table is still expanding but there are probably not many elements left that can be synthesised. Dennis Rouvray investigates how much further we can go
Nanotechnology: small science on a big scale
It is time for nanotechnology to make it out of the research lab and into large scale production. Katharine Sanderson finds out some of the problems associated with this from compa...
