Nasa has announced that it will be recycling old satellite hardware to create an instrument for measuring ocean wind. The RapidScat instrument is a reworking of the QuickScat system, which also monitored ocean wind data but ceased functioning in …
Scientists at Empa, in a remarkable feat, have developed thin film solar cells on flexible polymer foils with a new record efficiency of 20.4% for converting sunlight into electricity. The cells are based on CIGS semiconducting material (copper i…
Stephen Hawking looks set to feature in the Paralympic opening ceremony. Whether he will be able to travel to the stadium or will be involved via a video or video link is not yet certain. His inclusion will be a recognition of his talents and his pos…
After around 10,000 years of extinction there may yet be a chance to see the Woolly Mammoth pound the earth's surface once again, thanks to recent cloning advancements. Japanese and Russian researchers have estimated that we could expect to see t…
Richard Branson’s fleet of over 400 Virgin companies are always grabbing headlines and with Virgin Galactic set to break records with plans to send tourists into space it would seem that Branson’s newest venture into Virgin Fuels is a ste…
South Korea has created the new weapon against drugs and ammunition smuggling; the super clone sniffer dogs. This pack of golden Labrador Retrievers are genetically identical to the now retired top dog, Chase, who was considered the best of the b…
Olatunsun Obayomi is a microbiologist and inventor who has lived in Lagos, Nigeria all his life. He has come up with a solution that could not only tackle slums’ sanitation issues but create free, clean energy in the process. The 29 year ol…
Einstein's theory of relativity states that nothing in the universe can travel faster than light........ but that's not what the scientists at CERN, home to the Hadron Collider, have found. Over three years and more than 15000 experiments they have d…
A resourceful solar power project has allowed rural communities in Madagascar to gain access to electricity and safe drinking water. The majority of Madagascar’s population don’t have access to clean water which has led to outbreaks o…
Revelatory new images of the red planet Mars reveal what appears to be the outlines of long, dark mountains a few metres wide that may hold the possibility of holding water (the basic ingredient of life) and in turn the distinct possibility of suppor…