Science & Technology

An experiment carried out in Italy, backed by theoretical support from Newcastle University, has produced the first experimental evidence of vacuum decay. In quantum field… Read More

A person wearing a VR headset and haptic feedback gloves can control the iCub 3 robot and experience being somewhere elseRead More

For the first time, scientists have succeeded in transmitting an effect known as a domino reaction using redox chemistry. Domino reactions occur when the transformation… Read More

Returning to university teaching after almost two decades, Annalee Newitz finds they have become the Rip Van Winkle of pedagogy and tries to get to grips with the terrible learning …

Producing steel generates huge amounts of CO2 emissions. These could be reduced with a technique that repurposes the hazardous red mud produced when refining aluminiumRead More

The images were taken by Webb’s two instruments, including MIRI, which was built and managed through launch by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The U.S. Postal… Read More

Aquifers are declining worldwide, but success stories highlight that proactive management can reverse these trends. Groundwater is rapidly declining across the globe, often at accelerating… Read More

Previous unsuccessful attempts in curbing violence is one of the main reasons dissuading bystanders, found the study. Read More

A team of scientists led by a Tulane University oceanographer has found that deposits deep under the ocean floor reveal a way to measure the… Read More

The Peregrine Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (PITMS) has returned to Earth after an eventful ten days in space, burning up on re-entry over the Pacific… Read More