Scientists have demonstrated a method for generating several key types of eye tissue from human stem cells in a way that mirrors whole eye development. When transplanted to an animal model o... Read more
Creation of first practical silicon-based laser has the potential to transform communications, healthcare and energy systems A group of researchers from the UK, including academics fr... Read more
An international group of researchers has synthesized an extremely rare mineral and used it as a catalyst precursor to improve two reactions that are of great importance to the chemical indu... Read more
Scientists believe that a simple two-hour emotional awareness course aimed at making young offenders less aggressive could hold the key to significantly reducing the seriousness of their fut... Read more
Asthma could be cured within five years after scientists discovered what causes the condition and how to switch it off. In a breakthrough which could change the lives of Britain’s five milli... Read more
A study which monitored the health habits of 2,235 men over a 35-year period has found that exercise significantly reduces the risk of dementia. Published today in the PLOS One journal by re... Read more
High-power, self-cleaning solar panels might be coming soon to a roof near you. There are two obvious problems with photovoltaic cells, solar panels. First, they are very shiny and so a lot... Read more
The successful conversion of methane to useful chemical intermediates has thus far eluded chemists and engineers Little more than a decade ago, the United States imported much of its natural... Read more
UI researchers help find way to protect historic limestone buildings Buildings and statues constructed of limestone can be protected from pollution by applying a thin, single layer of a wate... Read more
Could end the problem of cancer drugs becoming resistant A BREAKTHROUGH by Welsh scientists could end the problem of cancer drugs becoming resistant to the disease they are designed t... Read more