Mapping the genome could help in race to save native rat

Scientists from The University of Western Australia have unveiled a genetic analysis of an endangered native…

Study finds that proactive home buyouts provide financial benefits, reduce flood damage, and protect homeowners

Damages from flooding cost hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Compounded by a changing climate, by…

Engineers advance insights on black phosphorus as a material for future ultra-low power flexible electronics

Black phosphorus is a crystalline material that is attracting growing research interest from semiconductor device engineers,…

When Vega met satellites

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UK-US sign agreement on space launch technology

Britain and America ease the path that will allow US companies to launch rockets from the…

Half of the world's population exposed to increasing air pollution, study shows

Half of the world’s population is exposed to increasing air pollution, new research has shown. …

How Elon Musk aims to revolutionise battery technology

Could the least exciting bit of Elon Musk’s empire end up being the most transformative? …

Limpet sticking power down to mucus, not muscle

Limpets—those coin-sized, suction-cup critters with conical caps—have had the experts fooled all along. Click…

Giant space chamber installed in Oxfordshire

UK satellite manufacturers will soon have the use of one of the biggest test vessels in…

New structural 'map' solves mysteries of gigantic gene regulator

Structural biology has been used to ‘map’ part of a protein called SMCHD1, explaining how some…