Scientists designed manganese catalysts that are highly efficient at converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into formate, which has strong potential as a clean energy source in fuel cells. Manganese (Mn) is a brittle, silvery-grey transition metal that can be found in...
The power of friendships is a common trope in fiction – the underdogs come together to defeat an overpowering evil figure. Scientifically, it appears that things are...
We’re Justified to Complain About the Weather Feel like it hasn’t stopped raining? That’s because it hasn’t. The UK has seen its sixth wettest winter since...
The UK has seen its sixth wettest winter on record. 2026 has been characterised with consecutive days of rain, broken...
Almost all modern technology – even the laptop or smartphone you are using to read this article, rely on materials known as semiconductors. These are found...
Pandora, a space telescope satellite from NASA, was launched into orbit and will soon study 20 exoplanets far away from our Solar System. Pandora, image courtesy of NASA/Blue...
In December, London’s Excel Centre hosted 40,000 competitors for the largest ever HYROX event. In welcoming ‘every participant with open arms’, the...
The process of metamorphosis in Ciona, a type of sea squirt, has molecular similarities to neurodegeneration in humans, according to scientists. Ciona is...
Jack Hooper asks whether we still have the speed, the strength, the heart – and the eyesight – to be...
Of all the Sci-Fi I’ve read in the past year - and believe me I read a lot - Project Hail Mary,...
A recent study suggests warming temperatures may be driving changes in transposable element activity and gene expression in a subpopulation...
Planktons are vital organisms that form the basis of aquatic ecosystems. Crustaceans, small fish, sharks and even some species of birds feed on plankton – but...
Puma were forced out of Patagonia, Argentina, by farmers at the beginning of the 20th century. The big cats have started to make their way back into the area following...
The Lee Miller retrospective at Tate Britain is nothing short of a revelation — a sweeping, deeply human survey of...
When you need support in life, it’s pretty black and white where to go. There’s a fire? Call the fire...
Over the term, as Imperial students have been busy writing essays and lab reports, there have been multiple steps forward...
Whether coffee is beneficial for you has been the centre of long-lasting debates. The story is not as cut and dry as people like to think – things are...
Developed by the neurotechnology company Paradromics, Connexus is a new brain-computer interface that can decode signals from neurones in the brain...
Elin Cave (June 11 2024) The world's first insect vaccine has been found to protect against a second deadly disease. It is...
Olive Bradshaw (June 4 2024) The latest forecast from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021, published this week...
My life with Sea Turtles is an honest and engaging autobiography that tracks the life of Christine Figgener alongside an...
Ellen McNally (22 April 2024) Researchers from Duke University have developed an innovative imaging technique to study placental development in...
(By Olive Bradshaw on 14th February 2023) In the hushed annals of human history, female pleasure has been both a...
Ellen McNally (23 January 2024) Could humans soon start communicating with cows or would it all just go in one...
(By Sulagna Maity on 17th January 2024) In the picture below, you can see the majestic African bush elephants, also...
Valentina Moya (13 January 2024) One of the first space missions of the year was Peregrine One, launched on Monday,...
(By Olive Bradshaw on 20th December 2023) When I came back from my first term at the University of Edinburgh...
(By Timoleon Fourfaro on 13th December 2023) Imagine a world where you could record your dreams and replay them as...
by Valentina Moya (28 November 2023) Contrary to what was believed, humans are not the only ones capable of forming...
(By Olive Bradshaw on 29th November 2023) "Mathematics, rightly viewed, possessed not only truth but supreme beauty - a beauty...
