BECEP array installed at South Pole

Professor Clem Pryke and his group are on their way back to Minnesota from the South…

Growing crystals to generate random numbers

A team at the University of Glasgow has developed a novel way to generate random numbers…

Nanomaterials derived from cellulose could make renewable energy cheaper

Nature isn’t always generous with its secrets. That’s why some researchers look into unusual places for…

Uganda army fights voracious desert locusts

Under a warm morning sun scores of weary soldiers stare as millions of yellow locusts rise…

New study results consistent with dog domestication during Ice Age

Analysis of Paleolithic-era teeth from a 28,500-year-old fossil site in the Czech Republic provides supporting evidence…

New class of enzymes could lead to bespoke diets, therapeutics

Everyone seems to have an opinion about which foods to eat or avoid, how to lose…

Engineers devise a decision map to identify the best mission type to deflect an incoming asteroid

On April 13, 2029, an icy chunk of space rock, wider than the Eiffel Tower is…

Coronavirus outbreak slashes China carbon emissions: study

The coronavirus epidemic that has paralysed the Chinese economy may have a silver lining for the…

Image: International Space Station transits the moon

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Time-resolved measurement in a memory device

zAt the Department for Materials of the ETH in Zurich, Pietro Gambardella and his collaborators investigate…