Mini robots climb walls like geckos and carry things 100 times their own weight
Stanford University scientists have created mini robots that can climb walls like a gecko and carry cargos more than 100 times their own weight. The...
UK unemployment rate down to 5.6%
The jobless rate in the UK has dropped to 5.6%, according to the latest official figures released by the Office for National Statistics. The...
Graphene set to launch spintronic devices to the next level
Graphene, which is 100 times stronger than steel, and conducts heat and electricity with spectacular efficiency, is set to take spintronic devices to the...
Graphene offers huge potential for future spintronic devices
Large area graphene can preserve electron spin over an extended period, and communicate it over much greater distances than scientists had previously believed possible....
Electromagnetism breakthrough may lead to computer chip antennas
A breakthrough in the understanding of electromagnetism may lead to antennas so small that they would fit on computer chips, which scientists from the...
Hydrogen fuel from corn husks, a low emission breakthrough
A cheap way of producing hydrogen fuel from abundantly-available corn stover – the stalks, cobs, and husks - has been discovered by scientists at...
4G network speeds in the UK have slowed down, warns Ofcom
When 4G mobile phone services launched a few years ago companies said that they would be ‘five times faster’ than existing 3G networks.
However, a...
Planet Earth is now greener than in 2003, despite Amazon rainforest losses
Since 2003, the Earth has become greener, despite considerable losses from the Amazon and Indonesian rainforests, an Australian-led study has shown. The amount of...
BoE’s next move is to increase rates, not cut them, says Mark Carney
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Friday that the UK central bank’s next move is going to be an increase in rates,...
Mysterious dark matter passes through galaxy collisions unscathed, baffling scientists
When an international team of scientists observed multiple collisions between huge clusters of galaxies, they were amazed to discover that dark matter coasts straight...