Chasing dark matter with oldest stars in the Milky Way

Just how quickly is the dark matter near Earth zipping around? The speed of dark matter…

Does the urban morphology have influence on the noise levels provoked by aircrafts?

A team of researchers from UPM and CNR has conducted a study of acoustic measurements in…

Advances in lasers get to the long and short of it

Since lasers were first developed, the demand for more adaptable lasers has only increased. Chiral nematic…

Image: ESA centrifuge

A decade ago, as Europe's Columbus laboratory module was attached to the International Space Station for…

The next big breakthrough in robotics

While drones and driverless cars dominate the headlines, another breakthrough—robot dexterity—is likely to have an even…

Spinoff 2018 Highlights Space Technology Improving Life on Earth

Spinoff 2018 Highlights Space Technology Improving Life on Earth

Spinoff 2018 Highlights Space Technology Improving Life on Earth

Spinoff 2018 Highlights Space Technology Improving Life on Earth

Calculating the CO2 emissions of biofuels is not enough

A new EU regulation aims to shrink the environmental footprint of biofuels starting in 2021. But…

Is species richness increasing? Insight into an intense ecological debate

Scientists are debating whether and why it appears that the number of species at sites worldwide…

Noise pollution forces Canadian songbirds to change their tunes

Some Canadian songbirds have to change their tunes because noise pollution from things like oil and…