A clinical trial has begun which will use stem cell transplants to grow a new immune system for people with untreatable Crohn’s disease – a painful and chronic intestinal disease which affec... Read more
The team have developed a way of generating very rapid single-photon light pulses. Each photon, or particle of light, represents a bit of binary code – the fundamental language of computing.... Read more
Robot unfolds from ingestible capsule, removes button battery stuck to wall of simulated stomach. In experiments involving a simulation of the human esophagus and stomach, researchers at MIT... Read more
Scientists at the University of Sheffield have created a computer model of how bees avoid hitting walls – which could be a breakthrough in the development of autonomous robots. Researchers f... Read more
Instead of reading a label, consumers could be interacting with an electronic screen on packaging in the future, thanks to a revolutionary new development by scientists at the University of... 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
Scientists have discovered that a specialised white blood cell found in birds can destroy a potentially fatal fungal infection which affects more than one million people every year. Cryptoco... Read more
The spread of a disease that is decimating global bee populations is manmade, and driven by European honeybee populations, new research has concluded. A study led by the University of Exeter... Read more
Scientists have discovered enhanced weathering of rock could counter man-made fossil fuel CO2 emissions and help to protect our oceans An international team, led by researchers from the Univ... Read more
Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology are developing innovative nanofibre meshes that might draw bacteria out of wounds and speed up the healing process. The research is the focu... Read more
Healing times for skin ulcers and bedsores can be reduced by a third with the use of low-intensity ultrasound, scientists from the University of Sheffield and University of Bristol have foun... Read more
Semi-transparent, flexible electronics are no longer just science-fiction thanks to graphene’s unique properties Published in the scientific journal Nature Materials, University of Mancheste... Read more
“Our method not only makes the building stable again very quickly, but it increases the building’s ability to deform without breaking” Four years after the January 2010 ear... Read more
Meet Atlas, a humanoid robot capable of crossing rough terrain and maintaining its balance on one leg even when hit from the side. And WildCat, the four-legged robot that can gallop untether... Read more
Researchers at the University of Sheffield have developed a method of sourcing obsidian artefacts that takes only 10 seconds – dozens of times faster than the current methods – with a handhe... Read more