Harvard researchers have designed a new type of foldable material that is versatile, tunable and self actuated. It can change size, volume and shape; it can fold flat to withstand the weight of an elephant without breaking, and pop right back up to prepare for the next task.
NASA gets all the glory when it comes to Martian exploration, but two other space agencies are now hoping to change that. Early next week, the European Space Agency and Roscosmos are launching the first phase of their joint ExoMars mission, a major new scientific effort with an badass goal: discovering signs of life on the Red Planet.
A novel way to make plastic from carbon dioxide (CO2) and inedible plant material could provide a low-carbon alternative to plastic bottles.
Japanese scientists have discovered a bacterium that produces a never-before-seen enzyme that can fully break down PET plastics.
Aviation is "a critical link in solving worldwide environmental challenges", says MIT professor.
The World Economic Forum estimated last year that at the current slow rate of progress, it will take until 2133 to close the global gender gap across health, education, economic opportunity and politics.
At the fifth time of asking, SpaceX's latest Falcon 9 rocket finally took off on Friday, March 4. Delays had seen the launch pushed back for almost two weeks, but it successfully launched at 6.35 p.m. EST (11.35 p.m. GMT) on Friday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
China released its thirteenth five-year plan on Saturday, pledging to cut the carbon intensity of its economy to 18% below current levels by 2020, a target that is likely to guide the CO2 cap in its national emissions trading scheme.
As optical computing becomes a more realistic prospect, lasers will be required to connect components inside our devices. Now, a new silicon-based laser could make it far easier for researchers to replace wires with beams of light.
Individual bacterial cells have short memories. But groups of bacteria can develop a collective memory that can increase their tolerance to stress. This has been demonstrated experimentally for the first time.
Engineers created a flexible, stretchy metamaterial that suppresses radar, effectively cloaking whatever it covers.
Researchers have developed a new way of growing realistic human tissues outside the body.
As you next fly into Heathrow, look out the window and you might see the world's largest floating solar farm, sitting atop the massive Queen Elizabeth II reservoir in Walton-on-Thames.
Historically, the only way to get anything into orbit has been by rocket; a process that is massively expensive, cumbersome, and presents a slew of constraints.
A successful test flight means that after being grounded in Hawaii for seven months, the Solar Impulse 2 is ready to continue its journey around the world.
