Image: California on fire

Captured on 19 August 2020, this Copernicus Sentinel-3 image shows the extent of the smoke from…

A new kind of plastic that is able to maintain its original qualities when recycled

A team of researchers from the U.S., China, and Saudi Arabia has developed a new kind…

Scientists create water filtration membranes that can clean themselves

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a light-activated coating for…

Study uncovers how effective entrepreneurship can ignite economic growth of an entire community

New research from The Business School (formerly Cass) has shed light on how Mirandola, a small…

Earliest art in British Isles discovered in Jersey

Prehistoric people in the British Isles were creating artistic designs on rock as early as 15,000…

An active and social lifestyle reduces fearfulness in dogs, but differences between breeds are great

Noise sensitivity, fear of novel situations, and, for example, fear of slippery surfaces and heights are…

Heatwaves are an invisible killer, and the UK is woefully unprepared

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause suffering around the world, but another killer has silently struck…

A quantum thermometer to measure the coldest temperatures in the universe

Physicists from Trinity College Dublin have proposed a thermometer based on quantum entanglement that can accurately…

Aerogel: The micro structural material of the future

Aerogel is an excellent thermal insulator. So far, however, it has mainly been used on a…

Breakthrough in blue quantum dot technology

There are many things quantum dots could do, but the most obvious place they could change…