Looking to the future, NASA and other space agencies have high hopes for the field of…
Scientists discover common blueprint for protein antibiotics
A discovery by researchers at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) has uncovered a…
Anxieties over livestreams can help us design better Facebook and YouTube content moderation
As families in Christchurch bury their loved ones following Friday's terrorist attack, global attention now turns…
Thumbs up for marine blueprint in the Mediterranean
Thanks to a trailblazing marine protection initiative in Turkey, the tide may finally be turning for…
Student-led CatSat mission selected by NASA
An inflatable space antenna designed by University of Arizona students is one of 16 small research…
More robots, more work
Robots will take over all jobs, so it is often thought. On the contrary, say Charissa…
Low-quality work influences what young people want out of a job
Young people in precarious or unsecure work, including temporary or zero-hour contracts, value 'extrinsic' work values…
CRISPR gene editing: Why we need Slow Science
In a newly published article in Nature, a group of prominent scientists and ethicists have called…
Smarter drug release thanks to control over encapsulation
Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology and Utrecht University have discovered the parameters that govern the…
How suspicious parties can work together safely
Cryptographer Max Fillinger developed new methods to analyse a group of algorithms called commitments schemes. These…