One of the most intriguing physics discoveries of the last century was the existence of antimatter, material that exists as the “mirror image” of subatomic particles of matter, such as elect... Read more
Perovskite materials can recycle light particles — a finding which could lead to a new generation of affordable, high-performance solar cells Scientists have discovered that a highly p... Read more
From Apple’s Siri to Honda’s robot Asimo, machines seem to be getting better and better at communicating with humans. But some neuroscientists caution that today’s computers will never truly... Read more
Scientists have developed an easy-to-use computer program that can quickly analyse bacterial DNA from a patient’s infection and predict which antibiotics will work, and which will fail... Read more
Why send a message back in time, but lock it so that no one can ever read the contents? Because it may be the key to solving currently intractable problems. That’s the claim of an inte... Read more
A clinical trial of a new Ebola vaccine (ChAd3-EBO-Z) that resulted from an unprecedented global consortium assembled at the behest of the World Health Organization has found that it is well... Read more
The world’s first entirely light-based memory chip to store data permanently has been developed by material scientists at Oxford University in collaboration with scientists at Karlsruhe, Mun... Read more
Researchers Develop the First Non-volatile All-optical Chip Memory Based on Phase Change Materials The first all-optical permanent on-chip memory has been developed by scientists of Karlsruh... Read more
VA-ST is a startup from the University of Oxford that has developed a wearable that allow the legally blind to see. Technically a head-worn computer, the SmartSpecs use cameras and an on-boa... Read more
Researchers at the University of Oxford have reached a new milestone in networking by using light fidelity (Li-Fi) to achieve bi-directional speeds of 224 gigabits per second (Gbps). To put... Read more
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
Scientists from Université Laval, the University of British Columbia and the University of Oxford have discovered a natural resistance gene against spruce budworm in the white spruce. The br... Read more
Oxford researchers have constructed a ‘hit list’ of the plant species most needed to boost the overall diversity of the Millennium Seed Bank, which is storing seeds in its vaults... Read more
A quantum effect in which excited atoms team up to emit an enhanced pulse of light can be turned on its head to create ‘superabsorbing’ systems that could make the ‘ultimate camera pixel’. ‘... Read more
Researchers at UCC have developed a microneedle-based patch that results in increased vaccine-induced protection against malaria infection using lower doses of vaccine in pre-clinical testin... Read more
