Thorium is being touted as an ideal fuel for a new generation of nuclear power plants, but in a piece in this week’s Nature, researchers suggest it may not be as benign as portrayed. The ele... Read more
Hoping for success on making a biodegradable bot! Dr Jonathan Rossiter, a senior lecturer at the University of Bristol’s Department of Engineering and Mathematics, has come up with a c... Read more
MINDSTORMS is quite definitely not the LEGO that many of us might remember Despite what TV shows like CSI would have us believe, a lot of lab work tends to be highly monotonous. It’s the typ... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Losing a limb can be a devastating experience, and while electrically powered prostheses can serve as a replacement for a lost arm, they are notoriously difficult to oper... Read more
A new company, Kepler Energy Limited, has been formed to develop a tidal turbine which has the potential to harness tidal energy more efficiently and cheaply, using a device which is simpler... Read more