Carrot cement: How root vegetables and ash could make concrete more sustainable

Concrete has become our building material of choice for countless structures such as bridges, towers and…

Metastable metallic nanoparticles could find use in electronics, optics

Rice University scientists have extended their technique to produce graphene in a flash to tailor the…

New one-step process for creating self-assembled metamaterials

A team has discovered a groundbreaking one-step process for creating materials with unique properties, called metamaterials. …

Orphaned rhinos find safe refuge in S.Africa sanctuary

Rhinoceros calf “Jessie” was just four-months-old when she arrived at a shelter in northern South Africa,…

Planetary Sleuthing Finds Triple-Star World

Years after its detection, astronomers have confirmed a planet called KOI-5Ab orbiting in a triple-star system…

Madrid paralysed after heavy snowfall

Armed with picks and shovels, residents of Madrid on Monday slowly shovelled out of Spain’s worst…

NASA ROSES-20 Amendment 81: Extreme Precision Radial Velocity Foundation Science Step-2 Due Date Delay

NASA ROSES-20 Amendment 81: Extreme Precision Radial Velocity Foundation Science Step-2 Due Date Delay …

A new approach to film atoms and molecules vibrating inside solids

Theoretical and experimental scientists have come together to watch solids vibrate. Click here for…

Asian water towers on tighter budget despite a warmer and wetter climate

The ‘Third Pole’ centered on the Tibetan Plateau is home to headwaters of over 10 major…

Green glowing gecko under UV-light

Researchers at the LMU, the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology and Hochschule München have discovered a…