Boffins say their protective satellite paint job could harvest power from the Sun How does Multifunctional Nanobarrier Structure sound for the bathroom wall? Science17 Jan 2023 | 8
The years fly by on first exoplanet confirmed by James Webb Space Telescope LHS 475 b same size as Earth, rocky, but hotter, and so close to its star it orbits in 2 days Science12 Jan 2023 | 7
The balmy equator of Mars looks rich in opal-bound water The poles have ice but it's freezing up there, so why not grind gems for cocktails? Science09 Jan 2023 | 10
Disruptive innovation's like a party. It's always happening elsewhere Opinion Citation needed? Personal Tech09 Jan 2023 | 13
Quantum entanglement discovery could enable futuristic comms tech, Nuclear physicists say So that must be why the Russians might have hacked the DoE, right? Science07 Jan 2023 | 47
Uncle Sam OKs vaccine that protects honeybees against hive-destroying bacterium Maybe humans could learn a thing or two about how modern medicine can prevent the spread of disease Science06 Jan 2023 | 35
Move over, graphene. There's a new super-material in town: Graphullerene New family of carbon super-structures discovered for futurologists to fizz over Science06 Jan 2023 | 28
Rate of disruptive tech and science discoveries has slowed over the decades, claims study Makes the repetitive strain injury you got from hours of pipetting all worth it, hey lab scientists? Science05 Jan 2023 | 42
Literally, look who's back: A comet that last swung by Earth 50,000 years ago All right, C/2022 E3, we know what you're thinking – and we can explain everything, kinda Science04 Jan 2023 | 13
NASA's latest AI will navigate the Moon using landmarks Compass, protractor and map not required to triangulate lunar coordinates Science20 Dec 2022 | 13
China publishes first images captured by Kuafu-1 solar probe Initial attempt at longitudinal magnetic map of our local star Science14 Dec 2022 |
KaRIn to hitch a ride on NASA's water-tracking sat I demand to speak to the space manager Science14 Dec 2022 | 1
Boffins hear Martian dust devils' rumbles for first time Audio recordings of local whirlwinds provide data on Mars weather, wear and tear of space hardware Science13 Dec 2022 | 3
US Dept of Energy set to reveal fusion breakthrough Updated If Uncle Sam got more power out of a reaction than it put in, it's a new dawn for clean energy Science13 Dec 2022 | 100
The cubesats lost in space from Artemis Moon mission To the four out of ten that didn't make it, we salute 'em Science12 Dec 2022 | 23
Galactic anti-nuclei travelers could help illuminate dark matter Earth-based experiment provides model result to help expose mysterious substance making up the majority of the Milky Way Science12 Dec 2022 | 3
Two million year old DNA samples discovered, lodged in ancient sediment It's the Ice Age/Jurassic Park crossover we've been waiting for Science08 Dec 2022 | 16
Scientists shed light on oddball gamma rays from deep space They thought they'd grokked short and long types.... then an awkward third kind came along Science07 Dec 2022 | 8
NASA's COLDArm robot limb can handle seriously cool science Bofffins claim lunar manipulator is tougher than a Terminator Science06 Dec 2022 | 3
Startup raises $30 million for wireless power delivery system Not the first company in the game to chase cable-free charging dragon Networks05 Dec 2022 | 39
Boffins' beam forming kit opens the door to more realistic holograms MIT's hardware speeds up light manipulation by a factor of 10 Science30 Nov 2022 | 10
NASA scraps budget-busting GeoCarb greenhouse gas observatory project Being over budget, behind schedule, becoming obsolete, and impeding other projects isn't a way to get a green light Science30 Nov 2022 | 10
ISS resupply drops off experiments for life in deep space If we're going to go beyond the Moon, we'll need food, a way to build stuff, and health diagnostic technology Science28 Nov 2022 | 17
Orion snaps 'selfie' with the Moon as it prepares for distant retrograde orbit Insertion burn scheduled to take place today then engineers have six days to see how spacecraft fares in deep space Science25 Nov 2022 | 76
Bright light from black holes found to be caused by particle shock waves NASA's IXPE space telescope pays off with 'dazzling' observation of intergalactic X-rays Science24 Nov 2022 | 26
JWST snaps first chemical profile of an exoplanet atmosphere We knew Wasp 39b was rich in CO2, but now we have the full molecular picture Science23 Nov 2022 | 43
Locked out of Horizon Europe, UK commits half a billion to post-Brexit research EU still fixated with Britain keeping its word on trading arrangement Science22 Nov 2022 | 184
NASA's meteor avoidance plan for James Webb Space Telescope: Turn it around When a grain of sand moves fast enough to crack a mirror, it's best to put your back to the wind Science21 Nov 2022 | 16
Boffins are studying Martian clouds to avoid another Opportunity episode They look and behave a lot like those on Earth – except they're made of dust Science18 Nov 2022 | 9
Artemis I isn't just a test run – there's science to be done Amazon and Cisco even managed to sneak Alexa and Webex on board Science18 Nov 2022 | 33
White dwarf study suggests planets are as old as their stars Scientists have long been unsure of the 'when' of planetary formation – but that question may have been answered Science17 Nov 2022 | 16
Look! Up in the sky! Proof of concept for satellites beaming energy to Earth! They'd need to be a kilometer wide and point at even larger landside targets, so they won't fire up the renewables market Science10 Nov 2022 | 118
This ancient quasar may be the remains of the first-gen star that started us all Ah, so now we know who to blame for all of this Science09 Nov 2022 | 58
Reducing partisan divide alone does not boost support for democracy, study finds Ending anti-democratic attitudes not so easy stateside, researchers claim Science02 Nov 2022 | 38
InSight Mars lander has only 'few weeks' of power left Think I got some dust in my eye Science02 Nov 2022 | 70
Two Scotts among volunteers helping NASA to track Artemis mission If we want to launch craft beyond the Moon, we're going to need a better way to know where they are Science01 Nov 2022 | 7
Signs of sediment-rich ocean lend direction to Mars life search 3D models and maps show similarities in how the planet and Earth share sediment strategies Science31 Oct 2022 | 7
Spooky Pillars of Creation snap reveals a dark side Latest James Webb Space Telescope photo looks positively haunting Science31 Oct 2022 | 19
NASA uses space station dust sensor to map 50 methane 'super-emitters' on Earth Oh, we don't think we needed science to pinpoint biggest windbags Science30 Oct 2022 | 40
Martian microbes could survive up to 280 million years buried underground That is if they're anything like the radiation-resistant 'Conan the Bacterium' here on Earth Science26 Oct 2022 | 31
Starlink decoded for use as GPS alternative – without Elon Musk's help Told no by SpaceX, uni eggheads went ahead by themselves Science24 Oct 2022 | 31
Boffins shatter data transmission speed record One laser + one optical chip = more than the traffic of the entire internet Science21 Oct 2022 | 45
California wildfires hit CTRL+Z on 18 years of CO2e removal Time to start considering forest blazes alongside industrial sources of greenhouse gases, say scientists Science20 Oct 2022 | 33
Mars rover Curiosity reaches sulfate-rich Mount Sharp after 10-year journey NASA had been aiming for the region since before landing because there are 'signs of past water' Science20 Oct 2022 | 13
How did ESA's gamma ray-spotting 'scope make it to 20? They totally overdid it We speak to the boffins behind the mission about hits, misses, engineering, and that extraordinary near death scrape Science20 Oct 2022 | 6
Collapsed Arecibo telescope to be replaced by school Space scientists lament loss, say it won't be the same without actual working instruments Science17 Oct 2022 | 40
US Dept of Energy injects more particles of cash into tokamak fusion reactors The funding will continue, until the atoms fuse Science17 Oct 2022 | 28
How to watch NASA Jupiter probe's flyby of Earth Lucy in the sky, with good-byes, then Science16 Oct 2022 | 10
Boffins grow human brain cells to play Pong Now let’s see what happens when we get it drunk, say researchers Science14 Oct 2022 | 30
Water pipes hold flood of untapped electricity potential 1.41GW, in fact – enough to power around one million homes Science13 Oct 2022 | 100
Scientists model turbulence to boost space propulsion Running direct numerical simulation on 'an industrial scale' HPC12 Oct 2022 | 10
Self-imposed climate change may have killed Martian life Hungry microbes blamed for chilling out the party too much Science11 Oct 2022 | 27
No, no, hear us out, say boffins: Foot fungus to measure your walk Posture, posture, posture, posture, posture, posture, mushroom, mushroom Science10 Oct 2022 | 27
Juno what? Jovian moon Europa is looking rugged Probe takes highest resolution surface shot yet while citizen scientists get busy with their coloring pencils Science07 Oct 2022 | 42
Micro molten salt reactor can fit on a truck, power 1k homes. When it's built Small, safer vessels could be 'silicon chip' that ushers in new nuclear age Science05 Oct 2022 | 193
Charge a future EV in less than five minutes – using literally cool NASA tech Well, yeah, when the batteries and power supplies can handle it, too Science05 Oct 2022 | 94
Waxworm's spit shows promise in puncturing plastic pollution Scientists believe moth larvae saliva can oxidize, degrade polyethylene Science05 Oct 2022 | 20
Apropos of nothing, US intel wants to improve low-dose radiation detection IARPA unleashes TEI-REX to better track nuclear sources Science30 Sep 2022 | 7
Astroboffins present fresh evidence of moving liquid water on Mars Pack your bags, we're off to huddle on some alien ice caps. It beats Earth Science30 Sep 2022 | 30
Scientists, why not simply invent a working fusion plant using $50m from Uncle Sam You even have until the end of the 2030s to get it done Science29 Sep 2022 | 96