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How will the new intelligent breed of ROVs benefit us?

How will the new intelligent breed of ROVs benefit us?

How will the new intelligent breed of remote-operated vehicles (ROVs) benefit us?

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Date and authenticate music and art using infrared light

Date and authenticate music and art using infrared light

A new infrared process developed by German researchers is helping scientists in Berlin work out where and when pieces of music and art were created

10/08/2016

Why Kenya's new railway makes way for the Elephant

Why Kenya's new railway makes way for the Elephant

A veterinarian with a tranquiliser gun is the only hunter in this Kenyan wildlife reserve. The quarry is a female elephant in Tsavo National Park

08/08/2016

Turning mosquitos against themselves in the Zika virus war

Turning mosquitos against themselves in the Zika virus war

A recent study from Brazil claims that genetically modified mosquitoes can be used in the fight against an insect that spreads Zika and other

10/07/2016

Could polio be eradicated by 2018?

Could polio be eradicated by 2018?

Poliomyelitis – or polio – could be gone by 2018, according to the latest data from the World Health Organisation. Only seven cases have been

20/04/2016

How old is the Bible?

How old is the Bible?

Archaelogists ignite the heated debate by suggesting the holy book might date from much further back in history

18/04/2016

Is there anyone out there? Tiny 'nanocraft' could explore space

Is there anyone out there? Tiny 'nanocraft' could explore space

A tiny wafer piece of technology could be the future face of interstellar exploration. The so-called “nanocraft” contains cameras, photon thrusters

14/04/2016

South Korean researchers develop a smart patch for diabetes

South Korean researchers develop a smart patch for diabetes

Most diabetics need a finger prick test several times a day to determine whether their blood sugar level is under control. But the developers of this

13/04/2016

Large Hadron Collider back in business

Large Hadron Collider back in business

It’s time for celebration after a three-month break for maintenance. The largest particle accelerator in the world is back in business. This time

07/04/2016

Striking strokes with electrical brain stimulation

Striking strokes with electrical brain stimulation

Research shows evidence that electrical brain stimulation improves the recovery of stroke patients.

31/03/2016

"Sistine chapel" of Medieval Christian art opens in Rome

"Sistine chapel" of Medieval Christian art opens in Rome

It has taken 30 years of loving restoration to save the early Christian art of the 6th century Basilica di Santa Maria Antiqua in Rome. Nestling at

30/03/2016

Solar panels take to the water as new farms flourish

Solar panels take to the water as new farms flourish

Europe’s largest floating solar farm is ready to switch on. Built on a reservoir, (the Queen Elizabeth II), near Heathrow airport in Britain, the

28/03/2016

The consequences of global warming on glaciers and sea levels

The consequences of global warming on glaciers and sea levels

Last month was the hottest February ever recorded. Attributed to human-caused global warming, this is a constant trend and consequences can be seen

24/03/2016

Doomsday Vault ensures a failsafe backup for the world's seeds

Doomsday Vault ensures a failsafe backup for the world's seeds

What would we do for food in the event of a global disaster, such as climate change or nuclear war? Well that’s where the Svalbard Global Seed Vault

14/03/2016

ExoMars set for imminent launch to Red Planet

ExoMars set for imminent launch to Red Planet

Was there ever life on the red planet? That is one of the major scientific questions of our time, and the European Space Agency is searching for an

08/03/2016

Elephants told to buzz off in South Africa national park

Elephants told to buzz off in South Africa national park

Elephants enjoy a good marula fruit as much as anyone. But at the Kruger National Park in South Africa their love of marula is becoming something of

07/03/2016

Red squirrels could disappear, warn conservationists

Red squirrels could disappear, warn conservationists

Conservationists in Scotland are watching the march of the grey squirrel northward with considerable alarm. They believe the red squirrel, indigenous

25/02/2016

ESA's Sentinel programme watches the world to keep us safe

ESA's Sentinel programme watches the world to keep us safe

The European Space Agency-developed satellite Sentinel-3A, recently launched from Plesetsk in Russia, has started its in-orbit Earth observation in

18/02/2016

Gravitational waves and the quest for the 'Big Bang' soundwave

Gravitational waves and the quest for the 'Big Bang' soundwave

The detection of gravitational waves by LIGO observatory in the US opens up a new chapter in astronomy.

16/02/2016

Citizens and scientists earn their stripes counting Kenya's Grevy's zebras

Citizens and scientists earn their stripes counting Kenya's Grevy's zebras

How do you tell one zebra from another? By looking at their stripes, of course – with a special software that can identify their natural “barcode”

15/02/2016

El Niño is causing havoc in Central America, Asia and Africa

El Niño is causing havoc in Central America, Asia and Africa

El Niño is having a disastrous effect on countries in Central America, parts of Africa and Asia, which have been hit by a drought that is generating

11/02/2016