Air traffic worldwide
When you look up to the sky remember that at any given time there are between 9,000 and 13,000 aircraft in the air (according to the US Federal Aviation Agency, there are at…
Teenage brains in the digital world
When it comes to technology, adults won’t be able to keep up with their children.
Beautiful wreckage left by a supernova explosion
It is not a pencil. It is not a celestial quidditch broom. It is a beautiful nebula formed 11,000 years ago after the violent death of a star.
Electric infrastructure installed in Perth
Australia’s first electric car recharge network has been built in Perth.
Spinach power could provide electricity
Apparently Popeye the Sailorman isn’t the only one who can get a boost from spinach.
Nanoparticles restore blood flow after brain injury
Carbon nanoparticles quench potent free radicals and stabilise cerebral blood flow.
Robot learns to recognise itself in a mirror
Self-awareness is the next big step for thinking robots.
A step towards hydrogen energy with nanostructures
Engineers have demonstrated that hydrogen can be released and reabsorbed from a promising new storage material.
Colour-changing robot inspired by octopus
The cephalopod’s impressive camouflage led scientists to create a rubbery new robot.
Disney takes face cloning to an impressive new level
A human face has been physically cloned onto an animatronic character.
