Science Features

In March 2011, my life took a turn when a simple blood sample would reveal whether or not I would have the rare,...

Food fraud, where different or low-quality food is deliberately mislabelled and sold as high-quality goods, risks the...

A volcanic eruptions on the Big Island of Hawaii is sending lava surging through streets and gardens, engulfing homes...

Antidepressants have long been surrounded by controversy: are too many people taking them? Or are doctors too reluctant...

A theory developed with the late Professor Stephen Hawking stating that the universe is more simple and uniform than...

Some materials are special not for what they contain, but for what they don’t contain. Such is the case with metal-...

图are amazingly simple mathematical objects widely used in computer science, biology, chemistry and many other...

We are addicted to plastics. They are used for everything, from food packaging to smart phones. But when we are done...

Electric ferries and digital communication between ships could help in the quest to decarbonise maritime transport, a...

In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick built ball-and-stick models to help discover the structure of deoxyribonucleic...

Ever wanted to know what that The Naked Scientists get up to when they go on tour?

Micro- and nano-robots built for medical purposes have the potential to venture deep within our bodies to repair damage...

We spend so much time looking at the stars that we often forget we have a Final Frontier right here on Earth. Even...

Lightweight electric mini-cars could soon be a common sight on the streets of Europe’s cities thanks to longer-lasting...

The latest state-of-the-art planet-hunting telescopes reveal a Universe filled with the potential for life and...

Our gene of the month is more at home at a rave than in a labUnlike most of our colourfully-named genes, this one was...

A recent study has seen microplastics in the headlines: 40 river beds in urban, suburban and rural regions of northwest...

Using European plant and dairy waste as an alternative to soy-based animal feed could see a big drop in agricultural...

Oceans are noisy. Shrimps snap their claws, whales sing to find a mate and dolphins echolocate to find food. However...

Roomba-like海洋垃圾收集器模仿whale shark and a microplastic filter made from jellyfish slime could...

You could call it fatal attraction. Drawn by artificial lights in our brightening night-time world, animals find their...

Crimes that involve chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) materials pose a deadly threat not just to the...

How can a transaction between anonymous individuals, with no independent oversight, ever be trusted? Welcome to the...

Landfill is both ugly and polluting. But a new breed of technology promises to make it a thing of the past,...