Stories by Sourish Basu

A venture to profit from a CO2-eating algae bloom riles scientists

For Blu-ray and HD DVD, encryption and court orders prove futileagain

Tiny magnetic atoms of chromium display superfluidity—and the possibility of exotic quantum phases

A new technology sniffs an ink's chemical signature in seconds

Climate change explains shifting rainfall patterns: wet places getting wetter and dry places drier

In another case of nature-inspired engineering, scientists create robots that take a walk on the wet side

Mathematicians finally calculate the shape of Escher's muse

Darwin's Rx: natural selection defeats a male-killing bacterial strain and restores a more balanced sex ratio among Samoan blue moon butterflies

Ultratight focusing over very short distances beats the best lenses; the discovery could bring the nanoworld up close and into focus

Are bigger, brighter "night shining" clouds a symptom of climate change? A NASA mission aims to find out

Why does pumpkin seed oil appear red in a bottle but green on a plate?