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Weeding with fungi

Just as fungal diseases can devastate a crop, so too can they destroy weeds. A herbicide made from fungi could be the ideal means of weed control

Shudders in the fabric of space-time: Researchers around the world are racing to build a new type of telescope, that will detect gravitational waves from exploding stars, colliding pulsars and cosmic strings

Shaky start for engineering design centres: Four new research centres could recharge Britain’s engineering industry. But the government is offering them only half-hearted assistance

The centres that may bring new life to industry

The light at the end of the rainbow

Thoroughly modern Mongolia: Mongolia is in a state of upheaval. Casting aside the outdated theories and industries borrowed from the Soviet Union, the country is looking for a path to a modern way of life that fits its traditional ways

A whiff of happiness: Can smelling a molecule contained in human sweat ease anxiety and stress? Some scientists think so, and argue that ‘osmotherapy’ may also help people to slim or stop smoking

The changing face of Chiron

A worm at the heart of the genome project: What can we learn about ourselves from a lowly parasitic worm? A great deal, argue molecular geneticists on both sides of the Atlantic

The hurdles to ban chemical weapons

The grim trade that is so hard to control

Life

Sex with a twist in the tail: The common-or-garden housefly

The poisonous power of chemical warfare

The risks of ferry travel