Cryptography without using secret keys

Most security applications, for instance, access to buildings or digital signatures, use cryptographic keys that must…

New high-mass X-ray binary detected in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Using ESA’s XMM-Newton spacecraft, an international team of astronomers has discovered a new, very young high-mass…

Small high-voltage transmission electron microscope built in Japan

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Japan has built a high-voltage transmission electron…

Assessing the rationality of time investment when rock ants choose a nest site

A team of researchers from the University of Oxford and Arizona State University has carried out…

Nanomesh drug delivery provides hope against global antibiotic resistance

The fight against global antibiotic resistance has taken a major step forward with scientists discovering a…

Robotic spiders to explore the moon

There is no doubt that one of the hallmarks of the modern space age is that…

We can't drought-proof Australia, and trying is a fool's errand

There is a phrase in the novel East of Eden that springs to mind every time…

Major implications for global metal demand without industry change

The effects environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks will have on the global supply of metals…

Tracing the journey of microplastics in the Arctic

By now it’s well established that microplastics are a problem in the environment, even in the…

How tiny creatures are reshaping the very rivers they live in

What shapes a river? People typically imagine large-scale processes such as storms and floods or human…