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Water mixed with nanoparticles can be carved into ...
Microfluidic chips have been made from water encased in nanoparticles and carved into precise shapes...
The past week was the hottest ever recorded on Ear...
The record for the hottest average global air temperature was broken three times this week, making t...
Robot injects drugs into back of eyeball more accu...
Retinal vein occlusion affects more than 16 million people worldwide and can eventually lead to blin...
Read an extract from Pod by Laline Paull
This intriguing extract is taken from Pod by Laline Paull, a novel told from the perspective of a sp...
Giving jaguars 'food poisoning' may stop them from...
Jaguar attacks on pets and farm animals are a common problem, but after developing a drug-induced st...
Laline Paull on why she wrote Pod from the perspec...
The author of the Women’s prize-shortlisted Pod reveals why she decided to write a story that initia...
Solar panels could be about to get much better at ...
Silicon-based solar cells have a theoretical efficiency limit of around 30 per cent, but adding a pe...
Breeding corn to boost yields has made it more vul...
As temperatures rise due to climate change, the huge amounts of corn grown in the US Midwest could b...
Melting Arctic glaciers expose new sources of plan...
Hundreds of groundwater springs have emerged at the base of retreating glaciers in Svalbard, and the...
Tooth analysis reveals ancient Iberian leader was ...
Molecular evidence has revealed that a person buried with lavish goods over 4000 years ago was femal...
Rare embryo mutations may increase risk of develop...
We know that genetic factors play the largest role in the risk of developing schizophrenia, but few ...
Early risers may be genetically less likely to get...
People who are genetically more likely to be active in the morning have a lower risk of experiencing...
Crows can understand probability like primates do
When given the chance to peck on symbols that carried different probabilities of getting food, carri...
Quantum lidar could help driverless vehicles spot ...
Driverless cars can use lasers to sense objects, but reflected light from nearby vehicles or bright ...
Having an 'overweight' BMI may not lead to an earl...
A large US study has found that being overweight but not obese carried a slightly lower risk of dyin...
Men and women's hands can be distinguished just fr...
Scent compounds released by your hands can be used to determine gender, which may be useful in figur...
Should all mathematical proofs be checked by a com...
Proofs, the central tenet of mathematics, occasionally have errors in them. Could computers stop thi...
Rethinking reality: Is the entire universe a singl...
In the face of new evidence, physicists are starting to view the cosmos not as made up of disparate ...
