A group of researchers are developing a tiny foldable robot, to be used as a non-invasive tool in medicine.
Image of the day
Image of the Week: Total Solar Eclipse
A total solar eclipse, photographed from Jakarta, Indonesia. The eclipse provided new opportunities for scientists to study the Sun’s atmosphere.
Image of the Week: Spinning Cloud Spirals
This beautiful image shows a flying Boeing 777 and the effect of its wing tip vortex on the clouds behind it.
Image of the Week: Eternal Data Archiving
Have scientists just created superman’s memory crystal? This glass disc contains 5D data – with a lifespan close to eternal.
Image of the Week: Baby Swordfish
It may seem tiny, but this little baby will grow to one of the oceans’ large and dangerous predatory fish.
Image of the Week: Hand Print
This week’s image is the bacterial hand print of an 8-year old boy, developed by his mother in her microbiology lab.
Image of the Week: Extraterrestrial Life
This week’s image, taken from the International Space Station, is of a flower blossoming in space.
Image of the Week: Closeup of Wine
These beautiful photographs of alcohol under the microscope are a perfect blend of art and science
Image of the Week: A new view of Titan
NASA is uncovering Saturn’s shrouded moon Titan with this infrared picture, which pierces through Titan’s haze, revealing its unseen surface.
Image of the Week: Swimming with Grey Seals
This weeks image is of a playful grey seal: an intelligent animal with interesting behaviours…
Image of the Week: Mapping Happiness
What do we know about happiness? This week’s image reveals a clue in the quest for happiness.
Image of the Week
The image of the week is a stunning night-time display of cosmic light.
Image of the day: Spider at work
Stephanie Sammann watches a small but deadly predator at work
Image of the day: The Blue Lizard of Capri
Margaux Lesaffre on the strange small world where the blue lizard lives
Image of the day: Tracking giraffes in South Africa
Image of the day: Sarah Bunney tracking giraffes
Image of the day: Steam rising from Pacaya volcano
Stephanie Sammann on roasting marshmallows at the Pacaya volcano in Guatemala
Image of the day: Geology of the Spanish Pyrenees
Amber Madden-Nadeau on the beauty of the Pyrenees, and the forces that created this mountain range
Image of the day: Civet coffee – the £50 cuppa?
Margaux Lesaffre encounters civet coffee in Indonesia
Image of the day: Insects dancing in the light
As part of the International Year of Light, an image showing insect trails around a floodlight
Image of the day: Apollo 14 moon landing
44 years ago today, Apollo 14 landed on the moon. See more here. Image: NASA