Dark-coloured cars can make a measurable difference on nearby air temperature, and in cities of millions the effect can add ...

An analysis of active US mines finds they already collect virtually all of the minerals the country needs for batteries, ...

Cement that can cool itself by reflecting light on the outside and releasing heat from its surface could help buildings stay ...

A billion or so years into its evolution, the icy dwarf planet Ceres may have had the right conditions to sustain life, which ...

A reader explains the adaptations that let squirrels make this gravity-defying manoeuvre - which a cat could only dream of ...

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Alzheimer’s Society, Innovate UK and Challenge Works have launched the Longitude Prize on Dementia – a competition with a £4million prize fund to find innovators who can create ground-breaking ...

Astronomers have picked up evidence of an Earth-sized world, distinct from the previously hypothesised Planet Nine and Planet X, that might be warping the orbits of objects beyond Neptune ...

Previous research in macaques suggests that part of the brain reorganises itself when a limb is removed, but now a study in people has turned that idea on its head ...

Feeding rats edible microbeads designed to absorb fat helps them lose weight. One day the beads could be used in human foods and drinks to prevent or treat obesity in people.

Frank Wilczek has one of the most brilliant and original minds in theoretical physics, having come up with the idea of time ...

An AI model trained on years of data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory can predict the sun’s future appearance and ...