First Virtual Reality Calculator

Calcflow is a virtual reality application that lets you explore mathematical theorems and scenarios in an interactive virtual reality environment.

Record for hottest year broken once more in 2016

2016 was the hottest year on record - that is according to data compiled by NASA and the World Meteorological Organisation.

Scientists Can Now Sequence DNA With a Smartphone

It was not so long ago that sequencing even tiny snippets of DNA was a costly, cumbersome process that required access to a state-the-art lab. Today, we are inching close to putting a DNA sequencer in every pocket.

Drone footage shows huge Antarctic ice crack

Drone footage shows an Antarctic ice crack which opened late last year. The British Antarctic Survey is to pull all staff out of its space-age Halley base in March because of the crack.

Natural selection is causing a decline in human 'education genes'

The genes that predispose people to attain higher levels of education have been in decline over the past 80 years, and researchers are suggesting that they’re now under negative selection, which could have a big impact on our species in the coming centuries.

Upcoming Transatlantic Link Will Encourage Global Sharing

A three-continent research data sharing project is making headways in an effort to globalize research telecommunications.

China to Develop Supercomputer Prototype as Powerful as Human Brain

Chinese state media announced that by the end of the year it intends to put out a prototype of an exascale supercomputer that would be more than ten times as powerful as any existing machine.

A car company to Demo Self-Driving Cars in the UK Next Month

Nissan has said it's bringing some self-driving cars to London next month to take part in the first EU trials of its technology.

A lush hilly park tops the Nanning Planning Exhibition Hall in China

The green roof of the new Nanning Planning Exhibition Hall in China is an elevated urban park.

World's first floating city one step closer to reality in French Polynesia

San Francisco’s Seasteading Institute has signed a memorandum of understanding with the French Polynesian government that brings the world’s first floating city closer to reality.

What the Future Holds for Smart Homes in 2017

Expect 2017 to continue the trend that closed 2016: Everyone wants to be your smart home hub solution.

China develops world's brightest VUV free electron laser research facility

A team of Chinese scientists announced that they have developed a new bright VUV FEL light source. Vacuum Ultra Violet (VUV) light sources are especially useful for sensitive detection of atoms, molecules and clusters.

A step toward renewable diesel

Chemical engineers program yeast to convert plant sugars into oils.

An Enormous Atmospheric Anomaly Has Been Spotted On Venus

Using the Akatsuki spacecraft, Japanese scientists have detected a large, bow-shaped anomaly in the upper atmosphere of Venus. Strangely, the 6,200-mile-long structure is refusing to budge despite the 225 mile-per-hour winds that surround it.