Boffins snap X-ray closeup of single atom – and by closeup we mean nanometres
Achievement took 12 years of blood, sweat and science
Science01 Jun 2023 | 8
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Brits and Yanks join forces to make fusion magnets cool again
How cool? About -250°C
Science31 May 2023 | 23
CERN spots Higgs boson decay breaking the rules
So much for the Standard Model of particle physics?
Science30 May 2023 | 45
Neuralink says US OK's human experiments with Elon's brain chips
Hopefully this tech works better than his self-driving cars
Science26 May 2023 | 36
LIGO cranks up the sensitivity to sniff out gravitational waves
The instrument that proved Einstein right is back
Science26 May 2023 | 23
Experimental brain-spine computer interface helped a paralyzed man walk
Comment Pioneering research effectively reconnects patient's motor cortex with his spinal cord
Science26 May 2023 | 42
NARROWER TOPICS
Encoded 'alien message' will reach Earth today, but relax: It's just a drill
SETI encouraging everyone to break out their decoder rings, get in on the simulated first-contact fun
Science24 May 2023 | 23
Lightning just as frightening on Jupiter as it is on Earth
Juno probe strikes at the similarities despite differences in planets' size and structure
Science24 May 2023 | 6
Nearly 1 in 5 academics admit close encounters of the anomalous kind
Boffins call for end to UFO stigma
Science23 May 2023 | 78
We regret to inform you Earth will not be destroyed by an asteroid within 1,000 years
Never mind, there's always nuclear war and climate catastrophe
Offbeat17 May 2023 | 38
Supernova peekaboo could provide clues to our universe's age
Gravitational lensing technique offers hope in cracking cosmological conundrum
Science16 May 2023 | 7
Dyson moans about state of UK science and tech, forgets to suck up his own mess
Opinion Brexit-supporting offshore merchant wonders what has happened to all the investment
Science15 May 2023 | 417
Boffins interrogate sodium ion battery stability mystery
The mechanism still isn't completely understood, but research could help resolve SIB lifespan problems
Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week15 May 2023 | 7
Perseverance rover shows up Curiosity with discovery of Martian water park
Latest snaps have NASA rethinking scale of rivers on the Red Planet
Science12 May 2023 | 23
NASA tests bot built to slither across, and beneath, alien worlds' ice
Video Wheels come off plan to explore Enceladus – in a good way
Science11 May 2023 | 9
Star Fomalhaut has dusty little secret – two more debris belts and a potential planetary party
Nearby system was thought to have an exoplanet, but that was wrong. Now NASA says there may be multiple
Science09 May 2023 | 5
Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks this weekend, and will be one for the ages
Dense debris left by Halley's Comet more than 3k years ago will produce more than 100 fireballs per hour
Science05 May 2023 | 19
Hubble spots stellar midwife unit pumping out baby planets
Young mother only 10 million years old appears to have twins
Science05 May 2023 | 20
Four out of five Uranus moons likely to have ocean under crust
A preview of what Uranus Orbiter and Probe might find in the 2040s
Science05 May 2023 | 32
Ten-day optical burst shows star eating giant planet, scientists say
Twelve-year interaction ended with a bang
Science04 May 2023 | 10
I've seen things you wouldn't believe, like an atom about to photosynthesize
Paper details previously unknown step in process of converting light energy to chemical energy
Science04 May 2023 | 21
Universe-mapping Euclid satellite arrives in US ahead of July launch
Neither war nor bad sensors nor a nautical journey will keep this probe from building a 3D map of space
Science03 May 2023 | 9
Handwritten Einstein essay on theory of relativity goes under the hammer
It's not an NFT either!
Offbeat03 May 2023 | 22
Boffins claim to create the world's first wooden transistor
But don't toss out your silicon chips quite yet
Science01 May 2023 | 51
NASA tweaks Voyager 2's power supply to avoid another sensor shutdown
By redirecting energy from probe's voltage regulator, NASA buys itself another three years
Science27 Apr 2023 | 54
Just what the universe needs right now: A black hole with wind
Gusts associated with M87 accretion flow surprises scientists peering into massive ring-like structure
Science27 Apr 2023 | 18
NASA InSight lander spills the beans on Mars' core
The lander might be dead, but its scientific legacy lives on
Science25 Apr 2023 | 8
Balloon-borne telescope returns first photos in search for dark matter
Helium is way cheaper than rocket fuel, and the pictures are just as good if you get high enough
Science25 Apr 2023 | 45
Boffins think they've decoded mysterious 819-day Mayan calendar
Letting the calendar cycle for 45 years gives each planet a chance to complete a synodic cycle
Science21 Apr 2023 | 43
Metal-rich stars inhibit chances of life on their planets
They give off less UV, but more is absorbed by their planets’ atmospheres, boffins tell life hunters
Science19 Apr 2023 | 21
Smallsats + solar sails = Photos of exoplanets at 1970s digital camera resolution
Sundiver spacecraft could snap the first surface pics using solar lens
Science19 Apr 2023 | 54
Stem cells to be made on orbiting space station to test micrograv manufacturing
Kinda feels like living in the future we thought we'd have, for a change
Science18 Apr 2023 | 3
Mars Helicopter completes 50th flight, 45 more than NASA planned
And sets a Martian height record for good measure
Science17 Apr 2023 | 33
Curiosity gets interplanetary software patch for better driving and more on Mars
And you thought patching your production environment was stressful
Science15 Apr 2023 | 52
Boffins rewrite the book on how Earth's oceans developed
You don't need alien asteroids, you just need a hydrogen-rich atmosphere and liquid hot magma
Science13 Apr 2023 | 33
Today's old folks set to smash through longevity records
Except maybe in America, where life expectancy keeps dropping
Science31 Mar 2023 | 117
Boffins: Microgravity impacts cell repair systems in proteins
Yeast-based study illuminates understanding of how 'nauts physiology may change in space
Science30 Mar 2023 | 15
Scientists speak their brains: Please don’t call us boffins
Quirky Brit idiom, or confusing and gendered term that could deter people from studying the field?
Offbeat29 Mar 2023 | 218
Boffins claim discovery of the first piezoelectric liquid
Move over, magic crystals – electric syrup is here
Science29 Mar 2023 | 28
Moon's glass beads contain enough water to support a mission
Thought Icelandic glacier water was rare? How about chugging down some Moon water
Science28 Mar 2023 | 33
Forget general AI, apparently zebrafish larvae can count
Numerical abilities could be a hardwired, ancient feature of the developing vertebrate brain, study suggests
Science24 Mar 2023 | 23
Space dust that regularly hits Earth could contain proof of alien life
JWST? Whatever, I found ET in my dustpan
Science22 Mar 2023 | 13
No reliable way to detect AI-generated text, boffins sigh
This article was not written by a computer, not that you could tell for sure either way
AI + ML21 Mar 2023 | 59
NASA's space nuclear power program is a hot mess
13 years of research at $40m/year only produced 2 cancelled projects, says oversight arm
Science21 Mar 2023 | 8
Potatoes in space: Boffins cook up cosmic concrete for off-world habitats
Extraterrestrial regolith biocomposite, you say? I’ll have two
Science20 Mar 2023 | 38
Cosmic rays more likely to glitch out water-cooled computers
'Soft errors' caused by neutrons are well known. This study suggests we might be making them more likely
Energy Efficient Datacenters17 Mar 2023 | 40
Firefly gets nod from NASA to deliver Lunar Pathfinder to the Moon
LuSEE in the sky with ... data
Science15 Mar 2023 | 14
MIT researchers propose modular, multi-mission Moon robots
Fancy playing with some space Lego?
Science14 Mar 2023 | 1
Sandia opens up ultra-fast X-ray cameras to speedy shutterbugs
Seriously, this tech makes your phone camera look like it's from the stone age
Science14 Mar 2023 | 7
Boffins find 'missing link' between interstellar ice and what comes out of the tap
Now drink your space juice
Science10 Mar 2023 | 26
Tech demo takes brain scan, creates a picture of what you're looking at
Break out the tinfoil hats: Boffins' experimental tech improves computer mind reading
Science07 Mar 2023 | 42
Building bits of brain in the lab will change our minds
Opinion Wake up and smell the cortex
AI + ML06 Mar 2023 | 29
To explore caves on Mars and the Moon, take a hint from Hansel & Gretel, say boffins
Robot adventurers drop mesh network 'breadcrumbs' to stay connected
Science03 Mar 2023 | 31
Funnily enough, FDA forbids Elon Musk's Neuralink human experiments
It's still coming soon ... just like it was in 2019, and 2020, and 2021, and 2022
Science02 Mar 2023 | 25
Now we're building computers from lab-grown brain cells
Oi! Organoid Intelligence could be more data- and power-efficient than AI
AI + ML02 Mar 2023 | 38
Find pushes back birth of Europe's steel hardware to about 3,000 years ago
Iberians were using heavy metal on hard rock way before it was cool
Science02 Mar 2023 | 47
Not just you in the night: Tiny bugs use superpropulsion to eject huge volumes of pee
This could have practical applications for human technology, say boffins
Science01 Mar 2023 | 50
It's getting crowded on the ISS: SpaceX Crew-6 to launch Monday
NASA is used to dealing with extra guests: just sleep on the ceiling
Science24 Feb 2023 | 4
Light from a long time ago reaches James Webb Space Telescope
Galaxies got big much sooner than expected, new observations
Science22 Feb 2023 | 27
DNA testing biz vows to improve infosec after criminals break into database it forgot it had
Settles lawsuit with two states after wider leak that affected millions
Cyber-crime20 Feb 2023 | 13
Intel coughs up for something other than stock buybacks: Avoiding wafer spoilage
Defect-detecting Swiss biz inhales a cool $14 mill
Systems17 Feb 2023 |
UK prepares to go it alone on post-Brexit science plan
Still no deal as new Science and Tech dept head claims Britain has 'global-facing alternative' in the wings
Science13 Feb 2023 | 174
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