Air-breathing engine precooler achieves record-breaking Mach 5 performance

UK company Reaction Engines has tested its innovative precooler at airflow temperature conditions equivalent to Mach…

Automating collision avoidance

ESA is preparing to use machine learning to protect satellites from the very real and growing…

Mapping millet genetics

In the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa, conditions can be difficult for crops. Plants need…

Study warns of security gaps in smart light bulbs

Smart bulbs are expected to be a popular purchase this holiday season. But could lighting your…

Bacterial lifestyle alters the evolution of antibiotic resistance

How bacteria live – whether as independent cells or in a communal biofilm – determines the…

Polymerized estrogen shown to protect nervous system cells

Medical researchers have demonstrated how estrogen — a natural hormone produced in the body — can…

Choosing the best embryos

Struggling with infertility? You are not alone. Infertility affects one out of every six Canadian couples.…

Lots of good terns: Bird ready to fly off endangered list

After 34 years on the endangered species list, a tiny Midwestern bird is ready to fly…

Big firm products top worst plastic litter list: report

Tens of thousands of pieces of plastic littering the planet come from just a handful of…

Quantum leap in computing as scientists claim 'supremacy'

Scientists claimed Wednesday to have achieved a near-mythical state of computing in which a new generation…