Einstein's theory of General Relativity, conceived a century ago, has enabled...
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13 November 2011
Two gas clouds containing pristine samples of the gas spawned by the Big Bang has been spotted by astronomers.
09 October 2011
A comet not far from Earth has shed some light on how our planet could have come by much of its water, a new study has...
02 October 2011
Solar heat has been used to power air conditioning
04 September 2011
Tiny gold rods may give us almost complete control over light waves.
23 August 2011
Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania have discovered how coffee spills evaporate to leave hollow circular...
07 August 2011
Completely stretchy light emitting devices have been built.
12 June 2011
Researchers working on fragments of a large meteorite that exploded over Lake Tagish in Canada back in the year 2000...
27 May 2011
Jupiter's moon Io is known to be highly volcanically active - now, data collected by the Gallileo craft looking at...
27 May 2011
Up to half of all hot Jupiters may orbit their parent star contrary to the star's direction of rotation. New...
27 May 2011
Results from Gravity Probe B test and support Einstein's theories of relativity - and have only been 50 years in...
26 May 2011
A material that temporarily transforms itself into a "permanent" magnet when a small voltage is applied has...
25 May 2011
By studying the wobbles of a compound called ytterbium flouride in an electric field, scientists have discovered the...
18 May 2011
Earlier this month, a major conference was held at the Geological Society in London to discuss something that will not...
08 May 2011
Two predictions made from general relativity in 1918 have been finally tested...
08 May 2011
Researchers at CERN have managed to trap anti-hydrogen atoms for longer than ever before...
28 April 2011
At just one centimetre across, the box jellyfish makes a poor contender for being a paragon of intellect. But now new...
10 April 2011
Flaps on wind turbines may make wind power more economic
03 April 2011
A strange anomaly in the movement of the Pioneer probes may have been explained
03 April 2011
Fridges that are powered by heat are being improved
06 March 2011
With a breakthrough that could hasten the arrival of a new generation of even more powerful microprocessors, scientists...
13 February 2011
High temperature cables can save weight and energy, but the problem is they are brittle, and difficult to get around...
13 February 2011
This week scientists from China have identified an environmentally-friendly way of making acrylic acid. Typically,...
25 January 2011
Does Jupiter protect Earth from asteroid impact? A new study evaluates the myth that the giant planet acts as our...
14 January 2011
Photons that can be stored and emitted from a crystal could be the next step in realising quantum communication. It...