Laser on a silicon chip Holy Grail of incredibly fast communications
The Holy Grail of incredibly fast communications – a laser on a silicon chip – has been achieved in an incredible breakthrough by a...
Mars soil good for growing ten different crop species gardening experiment
Mars soil is good for growing ten different crop species, say surprised scientists from Wageningen UR (University & Research centre) in The Netherlands, after...
Birds have evolved syntax and communicate like humans do
Birds have evolved syntax and communicate according to various calls using specific rules just like humans, do, say scientists from Sweden, Switzerland and Japan....
Ichthyosaurs killed off by dramatic climate change say scientists
Ichthyosaurs, marine animals that looked like a cross between a dolphin and a fish and existed at the time of the dinosaurs, were killed...
Polygons of Pluto
At yesterday’s New Horizon’s blog, Katie Knight, an undergraduate student at Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, Tennessee, USA, wrote about the Polygons of Pluto.
Ms....
Pluto has clouds so should be promoted back to planet scientists say
Clouds have been detected on Pluto, which scientists argue should be reason enough to promote it back to planet status, which it lost ten...
Darwin Newton Hawking display by Cambridge University Library exhibition
A new display by Cambridge University Library, celebrating its 600th birthday, has fascinating Darwin and Newton pages as well as a new picture of...
Equations by Einstein to simulate expansion of Universe
Scientists have used equations by Einstein to simulate the expansion of the Universe – they developed a new code of numerical simulations that offers...
Wellcome Image Awards you can vote for your favourite
You can vote for your favourite of the 19 finalists in the Wellcome Image Awards – the Wellcome Trust’s most eye-catching celebration of life,...
Titanic sunk by mega iceberg 100000 years old says Sheffield professor
RMS Titanic, the British passenger liner that sank in 1912, hit a mega iceberg 100000 years old, says Professor Grant Bigg from the University...