Devilish tricks with tiny chips – To pin down the identity of a killer microbe with breathtaking speed, researchers around the world are shrinking their labs to the size of a silicon chip. Mark Ward reports on a revolution in miniature
Features
This week's magazine
1 March 1997
Issue 2071
On the cover
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Write of reply : Risky business
News
Research: in the field : Water works
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Research: in the field : Student unrest
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changing places :
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Research: in the lab : Over the boundary
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Bytes : Job search
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Science : Dick Braithwaite…downloaded
News
Write of reply : Forest cover
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One small step for a sheep…
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… one giant leap into the unknown
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How the clock of life was turned back
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Pig transplants `should be banned’
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Maths scores low in cash shake-up
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Single case dashes hope of HIV resistance
News
Is there life after death for British lichens?
News
Arctic vigil to fill the climate gap
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Europe should bet on smart money
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Dam villagers await the apocalypse
News
Perfection for quantum computing
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Satellite stations keep an eye on moving menace
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Setback for personalised drug regimes
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Stealthy implants breach the body’s defences
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Truth is no longer its own reward
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Morning sickness link `misleading’
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Chill winds at the summit – A free market in greenhouse gases may stop global warming. But can it ever be just?
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Science : May the fifth force be with us?
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Science : The Pegasi planet that never was . . .
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Science : Australia sheds its ancient image
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Science : Choosy crabs make a meal of forest flowers
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Science : It’s the tickle not the tickler
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Science : Watch out, bands of marauding chimps are about
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Science : Glowing jellyfish just what the doctor ordered
News
Technology
Technology : Are there `trap doors’ in BT’s network?
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Technology
Netropolitan :
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Technology
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Technology
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Technology
Netropolitan :
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Technology
Technology : Pump gears up for the microworld
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Technology
Technology : Diamond robot garrottes oil wells
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Technology
Technology : Supervaccine targets prostate cancer
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Technology
Technology : Smart shelves put post on fast track
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Technology
Technology : Fabrics that furnish day-long freshness
News
Features
Devilish tricks with tiny chips – To pin down the identity of a killer microbe with breathtaking speed, researchers around the world are shrinking their labs to the size of a silicon chip. Mark Ward reports on a revolution in miniature
Features
Beach buggies on Mars – They may look like metal shoeboxes on wheels, but the rovers going through their paces on a Californian beach are the great hope of Martian exploration says Scott Lafee
Features
Earth
Noises off
Features
Electric shockers
Features
More
Antipodes : When footballers give way at the knees – Ian Lowe examines a study of former Australian Rules players
Student books : Life, death and chemistry
Books & Arts
Review : Blind sheep
Books & Arts
Review : Foggy, foggy day
Books & Arts
Student books : Biotech brews
Books & Arts
Student books : Common touch
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Student books : Astronomers ancient and modern
Books & Arts
Student books : Faraday unplugged
Books & Arts
Student books : Learning to fly
Books & Arts
Student books : Into print
Books & Arts
Student books : Artificial life
Books & Arts
Student books : Far out engineers
Books & Arts
Student books : Dream in awk
Books & Arts
Student books : The really hard soft stuff
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Student books : Vegetable love
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Student books : Diverse splendours
Books & Arts
Student books : Word soup
Books & Arts
Student books : Style council
Books & Arts
Student books : How the mind sees red
Books & Arts
Student books : Virtual chemistry . . .
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Student books : . . . and more
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Student books : Rock around the block
Books & Arts
Bestsellers : from Oxford
Books & Arts
Review : Collected works
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