Labour's low-carbon 'warm homes for all' could revolutionise social housing—experts

All homes built from 2022 onwards would be carbon neutral under a Labour government, according to…

South Africa is one step closer to processed titanium alloys

William Gregor, an amateur mineralogist and chemist, first discovered ilmenite—some black sand containing one of the…

Malawi's dream of a waterway to the Indian Ocean may yet come true

Malawi’s landlocked status places a huge burden on its economy. This makes imports and exports expensive.…

Magnesium takes ShAPE

Two forms of magnesium material that were processed into tubing using a novel manufacturing technology called…

Online gamers provide real-world lessons in critical teamwork

First responders, disaster relief personnel, and members of the military depend on their teammates in order…

Under pressure: a new experimental apparatus gathers more insight on magnetic and superconducting states

It is commonplace to be under pressure at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory— that…

Target practice: Perfecting the Mu2e production target

Before Mu2e, there was MECO. Click here for original story, Target practice: Perfecting the…

Engineers exploit the repeating structure of turbulence to create a more complete model of the phenomenon

A Caltech engineer has unlocked some of the secrets behind turbulence, a much-studied but difficult-to-pin-down phenomenon…

Drought-stressed forest fueled Amazon fires

A new satellite-based map of a section of the Amazon Basin reveals that at least some…

Human activities are drying out the Amazon: NASA study

A new NASA study shows that over the last 20 years, the atmosphere above the Amazon…