Researchers eye embroidery as low-cost solution for making wearable electronics

Researchers tested embroidery as a low-cost technique for making power-generating yarns. Click here for…

ESA presents new generation of ESA astronauts

The European Space Agency has chosen 17 new astronaut candidates from more than 22 500 applicants…

What mirrored ants, vivid blue butterflies and Monstera house plants can teach us about designing buildings

Almost all buildings today are built using similar conventional technologies and manufacturing and construction processes. These…

New study finds Austerity 1.0 led to more crime—could we see the same again in Austerity 2.0?

A new study from the University of Southampton has found that Austerity 1.0 led to an…

Sequencing project to unleash the biotechnological potential of single-celled algae

An ambitious plan to sequence the genomes of all known species of euglenoids over the next…

Insights into a 'hot' microbe that can grow on nitrogen while producing methane

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology have successfully enhanced cultivation of a microorganism…

What planting tomatoes shows us about climate change

There’s a piece of gardening lore in my hometown which has been passed down for generations:…

Collaborative Indigenous research is a way to repair the legacy of harmful research practices

A recent disclosure from Harvard’s Peabody Museum has brought attention, yet again, to the need to…

The story of the purple tomato—and why its success is a win for GM foods

The first genetically modified (GM) food ever made commercially available to the public was a tomato,…

COP27 flinched on phasing out 'all fossil fuels.' What's next for the fight to keep them in the ground?

The latest UN climate change summit (COP27) concluded, once again, with a tussle over the place…