Industry-strength adhesive means products can be dismantled and recycled, rather than thrown into landfill Researchers at the University of Sussex have developed a glue which can unstick whe... Read more
Pesticide regulation, diversified farming systems and long-term monitoring are all ways governments can help to secure the future of pollinators such as bees, flies and wasps, according to s... Read more
A portable power-free test for the rapid detection of bacterial resistance to antibiotics has been developed by academics at Loughborough University and the University of Reading. The new te... Read more
A new material developed by scientists in the UK that heals itself at body temperature could modernise wound dressings and regenerative medicines such as artificial skin. Self-healing polyme... Read more
An historic milestone in artificial intelligence set by Alan Turing – the father of modern computer science – has been achieved at an event organised by the University of Reading... Read more
85% of sites had suffered declines in pollinator species richness of between 10 and 50% over the past 80-100 years. Maps made more than seventy years ago and records collected by amateur nat... Read more
“Giving old people robots to talk to is a dystopian view that is being classified as utopian.” In the opening scene of the movie “Robot & Frank,” which takes place in the near future, Fr... Read more
“Precision agriculture will aid efforts to improve food security and also crop quality” Precision agriculture promises to make farming more efficient and should have an important... Read more
Researchers at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) are currently exploring the use of microwaves as a potential pest control method. Unlike traditional chemical pesticides, which indiscr... Read more
