Physicists were stunned when two twisted sheets of graphene showed signs of superconductivity. Now scientists have…
Scientists film molecular rotation
Scientists have used precisely tuned pulses of laser light to film the ultrafast rotation of a…
Redefining the kilogram means redefining how we measure wealth
Between November 2008 and October 2014, an additional $85 billion was created on an almost-monthly basis…
For a fragile frog population, wildfire is the latest challenge
Katy Delaney stood at the top of the canyon, below her feet a wooded glen transformed…
Some good conservation news: India's tiger numbers are going up
Indian tiger numbers are up, according to one of the most detailed wildlife surveys ever conducted.…
DIY pump takes science out of the lab
A simple pressure pump, made from balloons and nylon stockings, will give more people in more…
Travelling towards a quantum internet at light speed
A research team lead by Osaka University demonstrated how information encoded in the circular polarization of…
A catalyst for sustainable methanol
Scientists at ETH Zurich and oil and gas company Total have developed a new catalyst that…
Freezing cells made safer thanks to new polymer
Cell freezing (cryopreservation)—which is essential in cell transfusions as well as basic biomedical research—can be dramatically…
Image: Ahuna Mons on Ceres
This image, based on observations from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, shows the largest mountain on the dwarf…