Survival in the freezer

2 May 2013 Premium content

How do animals survive in the extreme cold? James Mitchell Crow investigates

Lean green microbe machines

30 April 2013  

For its proponents, algae hold the promise of a clean source of fuel, food or drugs. Anthony King wades in

What does DNA do?

24 April 2013 Premium content

The more we learn about DNA, the less we seem to know, as Philip Ball discovers

A fixation with nitrogen

18 April 2013 Premium content

Despite decades of work to develop alternative ways to make ammonia, the Haber–Bosch process is here to stay, Mark Peplow discovers


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