20 March 2001 Nature Science Update is an entertaining, informative and accessible round-up of what's new in the world of science, brought to you by the Nature News Service, the popular science syndication arm of the leading international science journal, Nature . The latest research reported by Nature 's science writing team. A technique that brings the quantum world up to everyday sizes has physicists scratching their heads.
Miniature refrigerators chill microelectronics.
An old technique opens a new window into living cells. Super-sensitive magnetic detectors are finding new applications from aeronautics to pathology. Fall put leaves on trees Leaves may have evolved in response to a massive drop in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Some choose to lose memory We can consciously block out bits of the past. A new material brings the 3D compact disc closer.