Robot 'jellyfish' to protect endangered coral reefs

A robot inspired by the shape and delicate underwater movements of a jellyfish, allowing it to…

How South Africa can prepare for a data-driven education system

There are significant disparities in South Africa’s education system. Schools are divided into quintiles, from one…

Lockdown 3: Stricter rules could lead to more vulnerable people going missing

In non-pandemic times, a person goes missing every 90 seconds in the UK, either intentionally, accidentally…

Study finds treaties help developing economies spur investment

Developing economies suffer from a paradox: they don’t receive investment flows from developed economies because they…

European eels: One gene pool fits all

European eels spawn in the subtropical Sargasso Sea but spend most of their adult life in…

5 ways to improve theplan to protect Australia's threatened wildlife

Australia’s Threatened Species Strategy—a five-year plan for protecting our imperiled species and ecosystems—fizzled to an end…

Scientists find black holes could reach 'stupendously large' sizes

A recent study suggests the possible existence of ‘stupendously large black holes’ or SLABS, even larger…

3-D printing to pave the way for moon colonization

A research team from the Skoltech Center for Design, Manufacturing and Materials (CDMM) comprising 2nd year…

Researchers improve data readout by using 'quantum entanglement'

Researchers say they have been able to greatly improve the readout of data from digital memories—thanks…

Electrons caught in the act

A team of researchers from the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences at the University of…