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Making music with spiders webs and talking arachnid: discover more at ACS Spring 2021
Added: 12 Apr 2021
Imagine being able to talk to spiders in their own language! Scientists report that they have trans…
Recycled graphene from tyres can make more environmentally friendly concrete
Added: 8 Apr 2021
This could be where the rubber truly hits the road. Rice University scientists have optimised a pro…
Research points to a green energy system sooner than we'd hoped!
Added: 1 Apr 2021
Research shows solar photovoltaics are already cheaper, more innovative, and more integrated into t…
Jordan's water crisis should be a warning for the world
Added: 31 Mar 2021
It is very easy to take tap water for granted. But sobering predictions of recent research around J…
Bioluminescence: a life study of ocean light
Added: 30 Mar 2021
Bioluminescence is visually magical and has inspired many scientists to dive deep to discover its s…
COVID waste is killing animals - how to pick COVID PPE litter safely
Added: 26 Mar 2021
How many times have you stepped over someone else's lost or discarded facemask crushed in the dirt …
Positive 'tipping points' offer hope for climate
Added: 22 Mar 2021
Climate change mitigation is forever a balancing act. Environmental experts are beginning to unveil…
'Team ice' uncover crucial information to aid the development of new more active cryoprotectants
Added: 17 Mar 2021
Researchers uncover new understanding around the interactions between synthetic polymers and ice fo…
Workplace wellbeing and outdoor green space
Added: 15 Mar 2021
Complementing our January issue cover story on bringing nature indoors, and against a backdrop stee…
Tracking mosquito flight patterns in 3D using digital holography and mathematics
Added: 12 Mar 2021
Researchers have been asked to use large field-of-view digital holography to accurately apply 3D tr…
The chronicles of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance continued - the first test drives
Added: 12 Mar 2021
During it's first week on the planet's surface, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and its Earthbo…
Crowd research recovers biodiversity as 17 previously lost plant species are rehabilitated
Added: 9 Mar 2021
Imagine rediscovering not one, but seventeen species that had been designated as extinct? A well or…
Laboratory Management: Monitoring the cold chain
Added: 5 Mar 2021
With many COVID vaccines relying on ultra-low temperature storage, Matt Feeny explains why and how …
Unleashing the power of digital image analysis
Added: 1 Mar 2021
The practice of image analysis has been evolving for years, but the UK’s lockdown has hit fast-forw…
A novel light harvesting engine strings buckyballs and chromophores on DNA
Added: 26 Feb 2021
Researchers have synthesised a novel type of organic light-harvesting supramolecule by arranging fl…
Pandemic prevention: how to fireproof our future - #PandemicsReport
Added: 25 Feb 2021
As we embrace 2021 and the opportunity for a fresh perspective, Matthew Partridge reviews the indep…
UK gov to launch Advanced Research & Invention Agency (ARIA)
Added: 23 Feb 2021
As part of its plans to cement the UK’s position as a global science superpower and build back bett…
Mapping neural dynamics: Making sense of mass neuron-generated data
Added: 19 Feb 2021
How do animals process information and adapt to environmental change? New research applies AI drive…
Kinky graphene 'straintronics' for smaller, faster microchips
Added: 16 Feb 2021
Using 'straintronics' rather than electronics, researchers have produced the tiniest microchips yet…
Biophilic building for human resilience and pandemic prevention
Added: 15 Feb 2021
Derived in 1964 by the social psychologist Erich Fromm, ‘biophilia’ means to love life. Here, archi…
