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20 February 2015
From knights in shining armour to bullet proof vests: what's next for protective materials?
05 February 2015
Why a certain number pops up more often than you'd expect, and how this can be used to catch crooks!
20 October 2014
Supported by The Royal Academy of Engineering, the Naked Scientists are offering candidates an opportunity to join...
17 October 2014
Our new Naked Scientists App places our news stories, the answers to science questions you always wanted to ask,...
21 August 2014
Every chemical reaction on earth, from digesting food to powering a car requires a catalysis. We use man-made catalyses...
22 February 2014
UK Science Minister David Willetts promotes science diplomacy in Chicago...
05 July 2013
With modern computers becoming ever more powerful, they have become an indispensable tool for the design of engineering...
15 July 2012
In a world with ever-increasing energy demands and pollution, clean and abundant energy is urgently needed. The Sun...
09 February 2012
Almost 70% of the energy produced by a car engine is lost, mostly in the form of heat that exits along the exhaust pipe...
06 July 2011
CSI has come to Swansea. But rather than solving murders, for a team at the University's Technology Centre (UTC)...
16 October 2010
First came fire. Cavemen rubbed sticks together and there it was, a source of ‘artificial’ heat and light, giving us...
01 October 2010
Bees are being trained to detect drugs and explosives...
01 December 2009
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Switzerland is now back in operation. By smashing particles together at...
15 June 2009
Sure, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II and has received a number of other honours, but has Sir Tim Berners-Lee yet...
16 July 2008
Simpsons fans will know only too well the opening sequence to the cartoon in which Homer discovers, during his commute...
09 March 2008
Scientists have brought the world one step closer to the creation of the first artificial organism with the recent...
21 February 2008
When the clipper ship Southern Cross sailed into a living hell off Chile during the night of 2 September 1859, little...
22 December 2007
Snowflakes form when water vapour condenses directly into ice crystals, and for many years writers have used their...
14 July 2007
Why re-invent the wheel when Nature has already come up with the best solution? Becky Poole explores the field of...
07 July 2007
Mention plastics and most people think of polythenes, perspex and other oil-based nasties that never break down. But...
03 June 2007
What is a thunderstorm, how is lightning generated by clouds, how much energy is there in a lightning bolt, and could...
08 March 2006
The story of rocketry pioneer John Parsons, who founded the Jet propulsion Lab...
08 February 2006
Dr. Barry Gibb, Scientist and Author, Latest Play - MACHINA
14 December 2005
George Bush's plan to establish a permanent base on the Moon by 2020, and send astronauts to Mars by 2030, has...