Climate fight looks to CO2 storage

On the roof of the waste incineration plant in Hinwil near Zurich, the air is as low in carbon dioxide as it was before...
Antibiotic shows antiviral potential

Researchers at Yale have discovered that a type of antibiotic surprisingly displays antiviral properties in...
Future smart devices might provide you with a feel for virtual textures and shapes

Imagine you are browsing the just-released iPhone that you would like to purchase on your tablet. Normally, what would...
Seven "Earth-ish" planets herald a new season in the search for alien life

Astronomers found seven approximately Earth-sized, rocky planets about 40 light years (235 trillion miles) from us. They...
Are we there yet- The long journey to Mars

How close are we to the giant leap to Mars? Recently the partial success of the European Space Agency's (ESA) ExoMars...
Mars welcomes its latest orbiter ExoMars

On 19th October 2016 the European-Russian mission ExoMars arrived at its destination. It delivered the Trace Gas Orbiter,...
Turning a new leaf in the search for lower emissions

Carbon dioxide (or CO2) is probably the most notorious atmospheric public enemy.
Being a potent greenhouse gas, it...
Stretching quantum cats could make for better computers

A team of physicists at Yale demonstrated that the inherent quantum weirdness can be harnessed to make quantum computers,...
Networking: Nature or Nurture?

Interview with expert science communicator Alaina Levine who is the author of 'Networking for Nerds'.
Could you tell us...
A 300-year old mystery solved!

Professor Andrew Wiles (pictured above), faculty at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford has won the most...
Climate change may not alter Southeast Asian Monsoons

Climate change is a looming threat of the 21st century, and seems to be the talk of the town.
One way that the human...
Why you won't lose weight with exercise alone

If magazines and health clubs are to be believed, the new year should coincide with a whole new you. Many gyms see up to a...
Cooperation catalyzes the evolution of cleaner cars

Cars generate lots of pollution, as the Volkswagen Diesel scandal lately reminded us.
From the same two countries where...
Flowing water found on Mars

In a press conference on September 28th, NASA scientists announced that they have solid evidence of liquid water on the...
Pluto's icy breath, young look and big heart: what we learnt from New Horizons so far

On July 14th, NASA's New Horizons probe completed its nine-year-long journey flying close to Pluto. "This mission has been...
Eyes wide open

Eye contact is the most basic interaction with another person.
When people look into each other's eyes, they spontaneously...
Hot and attractive: magnetism can control heat transmission

From power plants to car engines, from houses to laptops, pretty much everything we do and use disperses a lot of energy...
Galaxy collisions shed new light on dark matter

Dark matter has been mysterious ever since its discovery.
According to Dr Holger Israel, a cosmologist at Durham...
Seek and ye shall find (Water on Jupiter's Moon)

An international group of astronomers found an immense ocean buried under the icy surface of Ganymede, the largest of...
Star-shaped grippers could help doctors operate and take biopsies

Remember the shiver down your back when you went to a museum of medicine and saw the surgical instruments?
Cutters, saws,...

Mystery solved: The origins of flying dinosaurs

Climate Change and Mathematical Modelling Illusions

Do Animals Have Supernatural powers?

A green way of coloring denims blue

Body clock research wins the 2017 Nobel prize in physiology

Planting trees no longer an option to mop up our increasing CO2 emissions

Swarms of robots go with the flow to reveal the mysteries of the ocean

Revolutionizing clean energy by recycling not-quite-so-rare earths

Nanomachines win Nobel Prize

How interfering with your vision can shatter your recall of the way things look

Looking through 'Smart' Windows

Welcome to the neighborhood, Proxima b!

Bacteria Needed to Save Coral Reef

Welcome to Jupiter!

"Happy little accident" opens new avenues for amazing future batteries

Predicting the tipping point of complex systems

Eating away at efforts to alleviate climate change

Even Chimps Trust Friends

A bright window into our past, present and future

When the sea comes marching in

Gravity waves a 'Hello! I am here!'

Computers of the future may have eyes of an insect

Power for a charger-free world

Religiosity as a predictor of a child's kindness

A second wind for exoplanets habitability

How basic research helped expose VW's dirty secret!

Converting classrooms into "smart" rooms

New approach tries to clear the air over fossil fuels

The yin and yang of social interaction

Can we influence the evolution of an idea...

Even cheap wine can taste great

Rise and shine, Philae!

How to train your swarms: multitudes of robots at the tip of your finger

Editorial: In the grand scheme of things....

How the brain hears sound- tick-tock, tick-tock!

Coalition politics- Let's do the math

Editorial: From the macro to the micro

Extreme cloud spotting: what's that haze on Mars?

Here's Why Scientists Tallied Plastic Waste in the Ocean
