Science Features

It’s pretty easy to get lost when you venture deep into the Jungle of Lambusango on the Isle of Buton, just off the...

Barnacles and mussels have an intimate relationship, but are they welcome house guests or uninvited squatters?

Nitrogen is the element limiting the amount of life on earth. Until 100 years ago the amount was fixed, cycling though...

Leukaemia is a deadly cancer of the blood affecting over 250,000 people every year, many of which are children. It isn...

Rare genetic mutations have been known to abolish pain, or to cause permanent agony. But what if subtle differences in...

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

In 2009, the synthetic stimulant mephedrone became a hugely popular recreational drug for young people in the UK while...

Imagine a shoal of fish 15 kilometres long, 3.5 kilometres wide and 40 metres deep...

Countless atomic recipes and crystal arrangements mean there are literally trillions of possible materials that could...

Spinning hundreds of times per second and carrying a load equivalent to the weight of a family car, often at...

The seabed is surprisingly clean considering the amount of waste, both natural and man-made, that gets dumped in the...

In Lewis Carroll’s "Through the Looking-Glass", The Red Queen tells Alice that she has to run as quickly as...

Microbial warfare is constantly happening all around us, and often humans can reap the benefits if the right bacteria...

Southern right whales live in the southern oceans that surround Antarctica. In the winter, they move north, settling in...

The digital world is all around us, and is becoming evermore layered and integrated into our lives. Technology,...

As more carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, the world's oceans become more acidic, affecting the...

Niraj Lal looks at a growing part of our electrical future: the solar cell...

Have you ever wondered why people donate their body to medical science? Or what goes on in the dissection room? Medical...

Plants and animals seem worlds apart, but in some important ways, we are more like plants than we realise...

Is earthquake prediction for California truly a problem beyond the powers of science, or is there something that...

Of all the slang names for the British, none is more iconic than 'Limey'. While the the term provokes...

A massive star ends its life with a BANG – a supernova - seen on Earth as bursts of energy in the form of light,...

Rheanna Sand gives us an insight into how deadly toxins can be used to serve, rather than to harm, humans. She takes a...

Have you ever wondered what happens to a body when it is donated to a medical school? Have you ever wondered what it...