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Lightening strikes will happen twice as often as climate changes, says new Californian research...
Finally the physics of fingernails has been discovered at the University of Nottingham...
Detect intergalactic particles using only your smartphone, using the new DECO app.
Each year since 1901, scientists that have made a significant contribution to mankind through their research are...
Low-cost production of hydrogen from water using solar energy has been unveiled by Swiss scientists this week
Use your chatterbox co-workers to power the entire office's electronics...
Poor workmanship and materials are to blame for fracking-related contamination of water supplies, new research has...
Tattoos could be a new form of human battery...
Shrimps use the chemical equivalent of Ray-Bans to filter light of different colours into different parts of their eyes.
Electricity-producing "photovoltaic" solar panels may be about to become a lot lighter and a lot cheaper,...
Gravity measurements suggest the Saturnian moon Enceladus has a subsurface ocean lurking 30 kilometres below the icy...
Three cellulosic ethanol plants are set to come online in the US in the next few months, but will they work in the...
Powerful lasers have managed to create a fusion reaction that releases more energy than was put in...
Will use of renewable energy take off in 2014?
China has the world’s most ambitious space programme, and 2014 will see the nation take some important steps forward...
Air passenger links between cities internationally are the most powerful determinants of disease spread, new reserach...
How much energy is generating using renewables?
The world record has been broken for the most satellites launched aboard a single rocket.
Chemistry data from plankton shells could boost historical climate records
The most distant galaxy yet discovered, dating from 700 million years after the Big Bang has been pinpointed by US...
Who won Nobel prizes for science in 2013, and what did they discover?
The 'Walkie Talkie' in London has been damaging cars this week by acting as a parabolic reflector, targeting...
An expert has said that he’s deeply worried about cooling water leaks at Fukushima. But how does nuclear power work?