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Committee report reveals ‘citizens dossiers’ feared but never admitted to have existed for decades.
Low oxygen levels in the oceans can dramatically change the community of organisms that live there – but new techniques to re-introduce oxygen have given a breath of life to a Swedish fjord.
Annual awards bring annual success for the industry’s traditional giants.
The reverse-wiring of the eyeball has long been a mystery, but new research shows a remarkable structural purpose: increasing and sharpening our colour vision.
Mathematics nerds abound, Pi Day is here, and this year it’s more accurate than ever.
For less than the cost of a single Typhoon jetfighter, the upgraded LHC will push our understanding of physics to the brink.
The ‘supercomputer’ that processes LHC’s data is a networked grid that spans the entire planet.
Bionic trousers could use artificial muscles to help wearers move about – and soft robotics technology will make the clothing comfortable and maybe even stylish.
Awards ceremonies need to celebrate the small and beautiful, not just the big and bold.
Saturn’s tiny moon Enceladus joins Europa and Mars as possible locations for life beyond Earth.
Ticking off subatomic particles one by one, now let’s see what an LHC upgrade will do.
Photosynthesis can be costly - but plants in hot and dry environments have evolved two special strategies for storing carbon dioxide, that could be used to protect crops against climate change.
Statistics are valuable tools for researchers - but may not be as reliable as we think. New research suggests the widely-used P value is inappropriate.
Apple sets out its stall for a Watch for every wrist and health monitoring for every wearer.
Solar powered aircraft might carry one pilot in relative discomfort, but don’t expect airliners soon.
It’s time we embraced quantum mechanics and stopped trying to explain away its weirdness.
Our personal collection of microbes is vital for gut health - but new research shows that large-scale analysis of our ‘microbiomes’ can show if a population is fat or lean. The answer is in sewage.
It’s no TIE fighter, but the Dawn probe is driven by the future of spacecraft propulsion: ion engines.
A non-metal alternative to platinum electrodes in fuel cells could make them an affordable solution for energy security.
After a handshake, we learned this week that we sniff our hands. But why? Hand smells are not all that interesting in themselves. This points to possibilities that you might not want to hear.
The fact we’re no closer to finding Flight MH370 shouldn’t stop us from looking.
All week I’ve been intrigued and inspired by posters appearing in my department that depict truly great scientists, mathematicians and engineers. Few of them were known to me or my fellow students, yet…
Notorious for their gruesome cannibalism, praying mantises have a hidden talent. Controlling the spin on their jumps allows juveniles to make precision landings, before their wings have developed.
The question of whether or not to go for the upgrade or stick with the devil you know is an increasingly common contemporary dilemma; the lure of new features against the threat of potentially disabling…