Spain

Hugh Herr wins Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research

America’s Hugh Herr received the Princess of Asturias Technical & Scientific Research award in Oviedo on Wednesday.

1 June 2016

Sci-Tech

George brothers say portable wind turbine can be a game changer

Brothers Arun and Anoop George from Kerala, south west India, are hoping to revolutionise the renewable energy market with a small wind turbine that costs around $750 USD (670…

31 May 2016

Sci-Tech

Canada breeding "genetically superior bee"

Bee populations around the world have been dramatically declining over the past eight to nine years.

26 May 2016

France

Groundbreaking study sheds light on Neanderthal life

From the outside, it looks like countless other rural sites in Europe.

26 May 2016

Sci-Tech

Saving Green Turtles in the Gulf

Chasing the Green Turtle off the coast of the Gulf.

24 May 2016

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NASA hails launch of super pressure balloon

NASA has successfully launched a super pressure balloon from New Zealand – an important step in scientific investigations of the near-space…

20 May 2016

United Kingdom

Superbugs could kill ‘10 million people a year by 2050’

19 May 2016

USA

Bye bye San Francisco, destination Phoenix for Solar Impulse 2

The plane Solar Impulse 2 took off from San Francisco early on Monday heading for Phoenix, Arizona – the latest leg of its trip around the world to

2 May 2016

Next Series

Imagining the worst for Europe's riskiest assets

Europe has a wealth of sensitive high-value facilities that could spell disaster if they failed in, say, an earthquake or flood. And what if both happened simultaneously? And vital equipment malfuncti

2 May 2016

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Takeaway: facing extreme risks

2 May 2016

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Massive stone ball discovered in Bosnia still a mystery for scientists

The huge spherical stone which was discovered last month in the Podubravlje forest in Bosnia is puzzling the scientific community. The half-buried

18 April 2016

Health Series

The power of plasma - could it help fight diseases?

Most of the matter around us is either solid, liquid, or gas. But there is something often called the fourth state – plasma – that has remarkable

18 April 2016

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Takeaway: does plasma have super powers?

Materials touched by plasma have their physics changed. Here we show a tissue before plasma treatment, the liquid is quickly absorbed. Then the

18 April 2016

Next Series

Baking better bread...with ultrasound

To bake quality bread, one of the key ingredients is moisture. Researchers have developed innovative ultrasonic humidification technology. In this

4 April 2016

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Takeaway: baking better bread

4 April 2016

Next Series

From pig gut to 3D printing - the fascinating science behind tailor-made bones

On Futuris this week we look at the growing science of generating tailor-made bones to transplant into humans. Traditional transplants have been

7 March 2016

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Takeaway: growing bones

7 March 2016

USA

Casper the friendly Octopus

An unfinned octopus has been spotted thousands of metres below the water north west of Hawaii. Named Casper, due to its ghost-like appearance, the

6 March 2016

World News

Albert Einstein and the incredible discovery of gravitational waves

Scientists have discovered gravitational waves, ripples in space and time, that confirm one of Albert Einstein’s last unverified theories about the

12 February 2016

Italy

Einstein was right! Scientists confirm that gravitational waves exist

In a landmark discovery for studying the cosmos, researchers have for the first time detected gravitational waves, ripples in space and time which

11 February 2016