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Cracked: How to boil perfect eggs
 Heat sensitive ink will indicate when the egg is boiled to perfection. YOUR E-MAIL ALERTSLONDON, England (CNN) -- Forget splitting the atom or unraveling human genetic code, scientists believe they are close to solving one of the world's most elusive problems -- how to cook the perfect boiled egg. Inundated with requests from frustrated consumers, the British organization for overseeing egg quality commissioned a team to crack the conundrum. The answer uses heat sensitive ink which remains invisible until the egg is cooked to preference: soft, medium or hard-boiled. "We had a lot of inquiries from people which sparked an interest in the industry. We said OK, this is a big issue - people can't even boil an egg," a spokeswoman for Lions Quality Eggs told the UK Press Association. Once the technique has been fine tuned, the eggs will go on sale in cartons marked according to yolk preference. "We are still perfecting the technology, but we are very excited at the prospect of sorting a problem that has wound people up at breakfast time for decades," said Gilly Beaumont of B&H Colour Change, which is supplying the ink. A separate invention by a British student also promises to help perfect the egg boiling process. Ben Harris, 22, of Brunel University says his "PerfEGG" device keeps water temperature constant for 8.5 minutes without reaching boiling point, PA reported. This lets the egg white coagulate but keep the yolk runny, regardless of egg size. The PerfEGG's timing can be adjusted for hard-boiled eggs. 
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