Super-fast phototransistor may improve digital camera performance
A super-fast, flexible silicon phototransistor created by electrical engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison may dramatically improve the performance of digital cameras, smoke detectors,...
Send message to distant aliens via Voyager
The Voyager 1 spacecraft, that left Earth on 5th September, 1977, has now left our solar system and entered interstellar space. This is our...
Fruit fly research may lead to human developmental disorder treatment
Scientists at Monash University in Australia say that proteins usually linked to the destruction of cancerous or virally infected cells in the human immune...
Giant fen raft spider making a comeback in the UK
The rare fen raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius), also known as the great raft spider, is making a comeback in the UK. This semi-aquatic arachnid,...
New horseshoe bat species discovered at Natural History Museum
A new horseshoe bat species has been discovered in the Natural History Museum in London. The female bat, which had been collected by Charles...
Puffins and turtle doves in serous decline across Europe
Puffins and turtle doves are in serious decline across Europe, as are several other bird species, according to a new report announced by BirdLife...
EPA wants to ban a common pesticide called chlorpyrifos
The US Environmental Protection Agency announced on Friday a proposal to ban a common pesticide called chlorpyrifos which is commonly used for fruits, almonds...
Great Pumpkin asteroid to whizz past close to Earth during Halloween
An asteroid dubbed The Great Pumpkin will whizz past super-close to Earth by cosmic measures during the Halloween period. Technically called 2015 TB145, it...
Young stars found where only older ones were thought to exist in Milky Way
Scientists have discovered a group of young stars in a neighborhood of the Milky Way they thought was exclusively occupied by older stars. Experts had...
Oxygen in comet’s atmosphere surprises scientists
Scientists were surprised to find a high proportion of oxygen molecules in the atmosphere of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, after carrying out a chemical analysis. Such...