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An Australian researcher wonders “where on Earth are we going? The impact of human activity on the Earth is running out of control, and the amount of time in which action can be taken to prevent potentially catastrophic climate change is rapidly dwindling, a leading scientist from the Australian National University told a global scientific

Technological innovations can be helpful, but they won’t solve our fundamental problems. For that, we will need social innovations. The explosive rise and global impact of technological innovation has persuaded us that technology is the ultimate solution to all our problems. This assumption is rarely questioned; it has become like the air, unseen and unexamined.

Septic shock affects around 750,000 people and kills over 200,000 patients per year within the United States. Septic shock, which is also known as severe sepsis, occurs when the body’s immune system gets triggered by a bacterial infection or some kind of serious physical injury and starts an inflammatory response that could lead to a

New optical technologies using “metasurfaces” capable of the ultra-efficient control of light are nearing commercialization, with potential applications including advanced solar cells, computers, telecommunications, sensors and microscopes. The metasurfaces could make possible “planar photonics” devices and optical switches small enough to be integrated into computer chips for information processing and telecommunications, said Alexander Kildishev, associate

UNIST scientists have developed an exiting new catalyst that can split water into hydrogen almost as good as platinum, but less costly and found frequently on Earth. As described in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, this ruthenium (Ru)-based material works almost as efficient as platinum and likely shows the highest catalytic performance without being affected by the pH of

  Solar energy appears to be the only form of renewable that can be exploited at level that matches the world’s growing needs. Solar energy appears to be the only form of renewable that can be exploited at level that matches the world’s growing needs. However, it is equally necessary to find efficient ways to

Image via Wikipedia The second most common element in the universe is increasingly rare on Earth—except, for now, in America. About 20 kilometers northwest of Amarillo, Texas, beneath a geological structure called the Bush Dome, lies the world’s largest repository of a substance that, sooner or later, will become more precious than gold: helium. Though

Chemists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have discovered a method that could turn plastic waste into valuable chemicals by using sunlight. In lab experiments, the research team mixed plastics with their catalyst in a solvent, which allows the solution to harness light energy and convert the dissolved plastics into formic acid – a

Movies featuring heroes with superpowers, such as flight, X-ray vision or extraordinary strength, are all the rage. But while these popular characters are mere flights of fancy, scientists have used nanoparticles to confer a real superpower on ordinary mice: the ability to see near-infrared light. Today, scientists report progress in making versions of these nanoparticles

Scientists are a step closer to developing a pill to cure dementia. A team in Belgium were able to repair diseased brain cells taken from patients with a common form of the condition, for which there is no cure. They identified a gene variant that prevents neurons from forming properly, and managed to correct it through