Science Features

A new high temperature aerospace material has proved to be elusive so far, however, the candidate materials have to...

How do materials scientists process strong, deformation-resistant blades for gas turbine engines? What developments...

With the precision design of superalloy materials we are able to manufacture materials that can cope with most of the...

What is steel? How have the production methods for making it changed over hundreds of years? What are different kinds...

Decisions are not made equally. Situations, fatigue, hunger and a taxing day can all influence how we appraise and feel...

Fresh water is a precious resource. How can the use and abuse of this resource exacerbate or manage water poverty in...

Your memories may be less reliable than you think. Research has shown that not only do our memories often play tricks...

Toby Fountain does something rather strange when he checks into a hotel: bags deposited unopened at the room's...

What can chemistry do to make a greener future? Aaron Page envisages a carbon-neutral future based on the cutting edge...

Over the last 40 years, drugs have been developed that, as well as performing their original purpose of helping those...

Less than 5% of the nitrogen added to crops to feed animals ends up as meat in our mouths. The rest is wasted and...

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

The psychedelic drug psilocybin, the active principal of magic mushrooms, was once thought to have promising medical...

Meteorites on the open market routinely fetch a higher price than the equivalent weight of gold. But how does this...

Ocean deadzones are triggered by nitrogen-fuelled bursts of microorganisms. So how does this happen and what can we do...

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

Academic pursuit in the search for greater knowledge has always had an uneasy relationship with business. Should...

In September 2010, the BBC reported an “Urgent call on EU to stop billion-euro 'alien invasion'”. But for...

So much sound and fury over the Higgs Boson, signifying what?

What do you do when you have freckles...um...down below? The discovery of a crop of pigmented spots on a sensitive body...

Disruption of the nitrogen cycle can wreak havoc on ocean ecosystems for which oxygen is in short supply. Robin...

Everyone can contribute to the work of scientists. Harriet Dickinson explains how you can get involved, and why Science...

Dating codes are placed on food to indicate the food is safe to eat before this date. But how are these dates decided,...

The inside of a modern aircraft jet engine is a harsh and complex environment, but the drive for ever more powerful and...