Diezani Alison-Madueke arrested in London

                      Diezani Alison-Madueke
*Released on bail after several hours
*EFCC seals her Abuja house
*Presidency keeps mum
*Okorie, Ngige, Gbagi, others react

A necklace of fractional vortices

Researchers at Chalmers Univ. of Technology have arrived at how what is known as time-reversal symmetry can break in one class of superconducting material.

New polymer creates safer fuels

Before embarking on a transcontinental journey, jet airplanes fill up with tens of thousands of gallons of fuel.

Snake’s Genome Has Design for Limbs

Earlier this year, researchers David M. Martill, Helmut Tischlinger and Nicholas R. Longrich published a paperon a four-legged snake fossil dating from the early Cretaceous period.

Fingerprints: Keys to Ancestry

The whorls and ridges unique to your fingerprint may reveal more than just identity. Research from North Carolina State Univ. indicates these unique stamps may give clues to your ancestral background.

Scientists decode structure at root of muscular disease

Researchers at Rice Univ. and Baylor College of Medicine have unlocked the structural details of a protein seen as key to treating a neuromuscular disease.

Social media now used for flirting – Study

Back in the day, they’d flutter their eyelashes or share a nervous, giggly chat.