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Predicting how species will respond to climate change is a critical part of efforts to prevent widespread climate-driven extinction, or to predict its consequences for...

Silicon is the dominant material in the production of solar cells. However, perovskites are catching up: they are cheap, flexible and have a promising light-to-electricity...

Health scientists at the University of York have shown that in the 25 years since the NHS was tasked with digitising patient records there has...

Credit: University of Nottingham Bioengineers at The University of Nottingham are trialling how to use shrimp shells to make biodegradable shopping bags as a 'green'...

Credit: Bild: le Noble/KIT A team of researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) shake at the foundations of a dogma of cell biology. By...

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a wearable assistive device for the visually impaired, which enables them to sense their environment and move...

Credit: World Scientific, 2017 With the rapid advancement of technology in the manufacturing arena, 3D printing is fast becoming a norm. World Scientific's latest book...

Credit: Christopher Petoukhoff In the past decade, two-dimensional, 2D, materials have captured the fascination of a steadily increasing number of scientists. These materials, whose defining...

Information on significant properties of pharmaceutical tablets, such as their mechanical strength and dissolution, can now be obtained without resorting to the conventional, time-consuming and...

Retroviruses - the family of viruses that includes HIV - are almost half a billion years old, according to new research by scientists at Oxford...

Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Space travel in a reduced gravity environment can have lasting effects on the body. For example, researches clearly show that...

A simple, linear robot is easy to control. With known goals and a clear understanding of variables, a controller tells the robot the rules to...

Personal technology such as fitness trackers and smartphones that record users' daily activities are likely to be used increasingly in criminal investigations, raising questions about...

Credit: NSRC For members of the established research and education (R&E) networking community, attending conferences or sitting in on workshop sessions is the normal way...

Chemotherapy and anti-nausea pills; Advil and multivitamins; blood pressure medication and anti-depressants - drugs can be combined in endless ways. Add in treatments such as...