Features

• The Mysterious Origins of Solar Flares

  New observations are beginning to reveal what triggers these huge explosions of the sun's atmosphere

  Gordon D. Holman   | April 1, 2006  |

• Computing with Quantum Knots

  A machine based on bizarre particles called anyons that represents a calculation as a set of braids in spacetime might be a shortcut to practical quantum computation

  Graham P. Collins   | April 1, 2006  |

• Hybrid Vehicles Gain Traction

  As car buyers turn to fuel-sipping gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles, a new generation of greener hybrids is just coming over the horizon

  Joseph J. Romm and Andrew A. Frank   | April 1, 2006  |

• Does Globalization Help or Hurt the World's Poor?

  Pranab Bardhan   | April 1, 2006  |

• Why Are Some Animals So Smart?

  The unusual behavior of orangutans in a Sumatran swamp suggests a surprising answer

  Carel van Schaik   | April 1, 2006  | 1

• An Antibiotic Resistance Fighter

  A compound that tweaks a pivotal protein may quell development of antibiotic resistance

  Gary Stix   | April 1, 2006  |

• New Hope for Defeating Rotavirus

  Although its name is unfamiliar to many, rotavirus is the leading cause of severe childhood diarrhea worldwide and a frequent killer of young children in developing nations. Now--after 30 years of investigation--vaccines that may well conquer it are ready for market

  Roger I. Glass   | April 1, 2006  |