Technology

How do we know where planes are in the sky, and why do we occasionally lose them?

How a special type of glass could help in early cancer detection...

Scientists can now research and explore hidden corners of the world... with drones!

Death is a terrifying thought to many people: Is the best solution just to become immortal?

Just like the Force, the Internet has its own dark side. Dare you enter the Dark Web?

From knights in shining armour to bullet proof vests: what's next for protective materials?

Why a certain number pops up more often than you'd expect, and how this can be used to catch crooks!

Supported by The Royal Academy of Engineering, the Naked Scientists are offering candidates an opportunity to join...

Our new Naked Scientists App places our news stories, the answers to science questions you always wanted to ask,...

Every chemical reaction on earth, from digesting food to powering a car requires a catalysis. We use man-made catalyses...

UK Science Minister David Willetts promotes science diplomacy in Chicago...

With modern computers becoming ever more powerful, they have become an indispensable tool for the design of engineering...

In a world with ever-increasing energy demands and pollution, clean and abundant energy is urgently needed. The Sun...

Almost 70% of the energy produced by a car engine is lost, mostly in the form of heat that exits along the exhaust pipe...

CSI has come to Swansea. But rather than solving murders, for a team at the University's Technology Centre (UTC)...

First came fire. Cavemen rubbed sticks together and there it was, a source of ‘artificial’ heat and light, giving us...

Bees are being trained to detect drugs and explosives...

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Switzerland is now back in operation. By smashing particles together at...

Sure, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II and has received a number of other honours, but has Sir Tim Berners-Lee yet...

Simpsons fans will know only too well the opening sequence to the cartoon in which Homer discovers, during his commute...

Scientists have brought the world one step closer to the creation of the first artificial organism with the recent...

When the clipper ship Southern Cross sailed into a living hell off Chile during the night of 2 September 1859, little...

Snowflakes form when water vapour condenses directly into ice crystals, and for many years writers have used their...

Why re-invent the wheel when Nature has already come up with the best solution? Becky Poole explores the field of...