The deliberate, large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climate system is not a “quick fix” for global warming, according to the findings of the UK’s first publicly f... Read more
Two big recent scientific results are looking shaky—and it is open peer review on the internet that has been doing the shaking SCIENTISTS make much of the fact that their work is scrutinised... 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
A pair of “smart glasses” might help blind people navigate an unfamiliar environment by recognizing objects or translating signs into speech, scientists say. The majority of regi... Read more
Natural sources including potatoes help to create new award-winning product A new biodegradable and recyclable form of medium density fibreboard (MDF) has been created that could dramaticall... Read more
Doctors have a new way of thinking about how to treat heart and skeletal muscle diseases. Body builders have a new way of thinking about how they maximize their power. Both owe their new ins... Read more
An industrial revolution on a minute scale is taking place in laboratories at The University of Manchester with the development of a highly complex machine that mimics how molecules are made... Read more
‘Nanowires’ that are 15 times stronger than steel and can be manufactured in lengths potentially of 1000’s of kilometres The University of Southampton‘s Optoelectroni... Read more
“People and the Planet” During the 352-year life span of the Royal Society, the human population has risen from less than one billion people to seven billion and counting. That boom has been... Read more
Neuroscience has ramifications for future warfare Neuroscience has ramifications for future warfare, and the scientific community must be more aware. So says a report published today... Read more
An experiment starting next month in the U.K. will pump water one kilometer into the air to test a new climate-cooling method that eventually could deliver sunlight-reflective sulfate partic... Read more