University of Bath

Two rival scientific teams are locked in a high-stakes race to discover other Earth-like worlds—and forever change our own. From the Chilean seaside town of La Serena, it’s a journey of 80 kilometers to the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), through the Elqui River Valley, past huddled clusters of houses and lush fields of papayas,

Current climate targets are not enough to save the world’s coral reefs – and policymakers urgently need to consider the economic benefits they bring.

THE Pelican, a small, remotely controlled helicopter drone weighing less than a kilogram, is powered by a battery that provides about 20 minutes’ flying. And yet, one evening last October, the Pelican took off, rose ten metres and hovered throughout the night. It was brought down in the morning only because the exhibition hall near Seattle where

More than ever, we need problem-solving skills to be able to adapt to our fast changing economies and societies. Researchers at the University of Luxembourg believe it is possible to teach these skills which are widely known as “intelligence”. “Our research indicates that it should be possible to understand the complex psychological processes that enable

Research by a University of Leicester student has identified an environmentally alternative to a major industrial use of oil. Abdelghaffar Abdelmalik has discovered a way to treat palm kernel oil so that it can be used to insulate electrical transformers. Transformers use petroleum-derived oil as insulation between electrical components but this makes them reliant on

In a breakthrough, scientists claim to have developed a new twice-daily wonderpill which can halt and even reverse Alzheimer’s disease by 90%. The drug is the first to target the toxic “tangles” of a protein known as Tau in the brain that destroys nerve cells and causes the memory to deteriorate. It helps prevent the formation of

Researchers have used liquid metals to turn carbon dioxide back into solid coal, in a world-first breakthrough that could transform our approach to carbon capture and storage. The research team led by RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, have developed a new technique that can efficiently convert CO2 from a gas into solid particles of carbon.

The idea of planet-wide environmental boundaries, beyond which humanity would go at its peril, is gaining ground PULL a spring, let it go, and it will snap back into shape. Pull it further and yet further and it will go on springing back until, quite suddenly, it won’t. What was once a spring has become

“We designed it to be a kit of parts”   House Arc, by Bellomo Architects, is a prefabricated off-the-grid housing solution that facilitates compact living. The project was originally designed as an environmentally sensitive and affordable method of housing that is not only functional but also attractive to the eye. Furthermore, it is designed to