Is your sandwich bad for the environment?
Do you take a packed lunch to work or buy a sandwich from the shop? The carbon footprint of your sandwich could be having...
Scientists achieve high power with new smaller laser
An international team of scientists has produced the first high-powered, randomly polarised laser beam with a "Q switch" laser, which typically emits pulses of...
New ‘big-armed fly’ species named after former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
New species can be named for all types of attributes, but Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County entomologist Brian Brown knew exactly what...
A new ‘atmospheric disequilibrium’ could help detect life on other planets
As NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and other new giant telescopes come online they will need novel strategies to look for evidence of life...
Rise in severity of hottest days outpaces global average temperature increase
While our planet's average annual temperature has increased at a steady pace in recent decades, there has been an alarming jump in the severity...
Meet Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, the first monkey clones produced by method that...
The first primate clones made by somatic cell nuclear transfer are two genetically identical long-tailed macaques born recently at the Chinese Academy of Sciences...
Nanoparticle vaccine offers universal protection against influenza A viruses
Researchers have developed a universal vaccine to combat influenza A viruses that produces long-lasting immunity in mice and protects them against the limitations of...
Better than a hologram: Research produces 3-D images floating in ‘thin air’
In the original Star Wars film, R2D2 projects an image of Princess Leia in distress. The iconic scene includes the line still famous 40...
A new approach to rechargeable batteries
A type of battery first invented nearly five decades ago could catapult to the forefront of energy storage technologies, thanks to a new finding...
Tidal cycles could help predict volcanic eruptions
Just before a surprise eruption of New Zealand's Ruapehu volcano in 2007, seismic tremor near its crater became tightly correlated with twice-monthly changes in...
Lifting the veil on ‘valence,’ brain study reveals roots of desire, dislike
The amygdala is a tiny hub of emotions where in 2016 a team led by MIT neuroscientist Kay Tye found specific populations of neurons...
