World News

Modern HIV drugs 'add 10 years to life expectancy' in US and Europe

Life expectancy for young adults who are HIV-positive has risen by 10 years in the United States and Europe thanks to improvements in treatments, according to…

11/05/2017

World News

"Dragon-skin" ice spotted in the Antarctic

A rare ice formation has been spotted by an Australian scientist

11/05/2017

Switzerland

CERN hopes new particle accelerator will bring new discoveries

There were celebrations on Tuesday at CERN, the European physics research centre in Geneva, as it inaugurated its new particle accelerator which will continue the work examining the universe and it’s

10/05/2017

USA

'Plastic bag' artificial womb could save premature babies

Scientists have developed a pouch that mimics the environment of the womb and the functions of the placenta.

26/04/2017

USA

March for Science draws thousands worldwide against evidence denial

Demonstrators turned out in many cities around the world on Saturday to join Earth Day events billed as a “celebration science” – to counter what organisers say is a growing denial of evidence-based k

23/04/2017

World News

Growing problem of space debris could hinder future exploration

Scientists are voicing concern about the growing danger of space debris spinning around our planet.

21/04/2017

Next Series

Legumes see new life in flowerpots

From Italy to Slovenia, European bioplastics research is booming and blooming.

17/04/2017

Next Series

Takeaway: Zero waste from green waste

This flower pot is made with a new bioplastic Instead of oil, it is made with waste from the legume industry Vegetal proteins and fibers are extracted and mixed with biopolymer This eco-friendly mater

17/04/2017

Next Series

The geological clock of volcanoes

The volcano is one of the most powerful representations of nature, it can change territories and subsequently the history of human kind.

27/03/2017

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Takeaway: the clock of volcanoes

27/03/2017

Norway

Svalbard Seed Vault - banking on the future

In the world's northernmost town lies a vault with the keys to humanity's survival.

17/03/2017

USA

Spiders devour over 400 million metric tons of prey yearly - study

Spiders are giving new meaning to the phrase all-you-can-eat, according to a new report published in the journal The Science of Nature.

16/03/2017

World News

CERN: making ideas collide like particles

The European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN) do a lot more than rub particles together...they're doing the same thing with ideas!

03/03/2017

Canada

Is this the oldest evidence of life on Earth?

Canadian bacteria-like fossils called oldest evidence of life

01/03/2017

Sci-Tech

Atacama desert could hold secrets of life on Mars

Scientists in Chile believe the discovery of life in the country’s arid Atacama Desert could provide new insights into finding life forms on Mars Last year, US scientists analysing data from a NASA sp

28/02/2017

Sci-Tech

An eye on the sky with a travelling telescope in Kenya

Have telescope, will travel.

27/02/2017

Sci-Tech

Chips in the hand to identify who we are

No bag, no keys, no wallet and no ID.

14/02/2017

Sci-Tech

Scientists in the UK believe they have a blueprint for the first ever quantum computer

For decades world renowned scientists, including Albert Einstein, have argued furiously about quantum physics.

06/02/2017

Sci-Tech

Too much bum time says Experimentarium

Museum where the exhibits interact with you

02/02/2017

USA

Human-pig embryo created by scientists

Scientists in California have managed to successfully grow human cells within a pig embryo.

27/01/2017