Net-zero energy CSI-IDEA building sets the standard for low-impact architecture in Europe

Architecture firm EZAR and architect Juan Blazquez designed the CSI-IDEA Building in Malaga, Spain as a standard for net zero energy architecture.

Newly discovered form of spiralized light breaks everything quantum physics says about photons

Scientists in Ireland discovered a new form of light that will radically change our understanding of how light functions.

Transgender Canadians should 'feel free and safe' to be themselves under new Liberal bill

Canada marked the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia by introducing federal legislation that would guarantee full legal and human rights protection to transgender people across the country.

Here's one reason not to hate hurricanes

When it comes to hurricanes, environmental engineer Ana Barros says there are two sides to the story.

Scotland Will Soon Get the World's Biggest Floating Offshore Windfarm

Congratulations, kilt-wearers, and descendants of William Wallace! Your country's seas are about to become the proud guardians of the world's largest floating wind farm.

Facebook, Microsoft: We want more clean power!

The Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance formalizes piecemeal NGO collaboration, with the goal to add another 60 GW of clean power to grid by 2025.

Everything we know about the Earth's mantle is completely wrong

A 3,000 kilometer thick layer of hot compressed rock sandwiched between Earth

These 4 planets orbit star in elaborately timed 'dance'

Astronomers searching for planets using NASA’s Kepler telescope have found an extraordinary family of four. Their orbits are so carefully timed that they provide long-term stability for their planetary system.

Report Reveals 20% Of All Plants At Risk Of Extinction

In the first ever report looking into the world's plants and their status, scientists have cataloged almost 400,000 known species.

Scientists Have Finally Solved 50-Year-Old Mystery Of Bizarre Signals

Terrific planet-wide thunderstorms on alien worlds far from our own have generated detectable radio bursts. Other such signals have been emitted from the heart of our own galaxy, perhaps due to the destruction of dark matter.

Scientists Measure Smallest Ever Forces Between Atoms

Cast your mind back to high school chemistry and you might remember the van der Waals force: The weak bond between molecules, caused by the way their electrons shift at the atomic level. Now, for the first time, those tiny forces have been measured between two atoms.

Space mission first to observe key interaction between magnetic fields of Earth and sun.

Physicists have now provided the first major results of NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission, including an unprecedented look at the interaction between the magnetic fields of Earth and the sun.

Manipulation of specific neurons helps to erase bad memories, enhance good ones

A step has been taken toward the possibility of tuning the strength of memory by manipulating one of the brain's signaling memory mechanisms, a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine.

MIT announces Campaign for a Better World

Comprehensive fundraising initiative aims to raise $5 billion to advance Institute's work on some of the world's biggest challenges.