Europe's first ecosystem with its own rights
The largest saltwater lagoon in the western Mediterranean is threatened with ecological collapse. Intensive agriculture is...
Climate protection: great goals, but no way to get there
Helmut Kohl already knew how to make politics with climate targets. In 1995, shortly before a UN climate conference in...
Cause of mass death of bald eagles discovered
With criminalistic flair, researchers have solved the mystery surrounding the mysterious mass death of bald eagles in the...
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...
Google reduces the error rate of its quantum computer
Healthy reefs survive coral bleaching from heat waves
Horses and donkeys revive a desert biotope
Pathogens, the invisible historians
Mathematical modelling could reduce infection rates
Artificial snow to preserve glaciers
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
