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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…
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…
The chronicles of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance
Added: 24 Feb 2021
Only a few days in and NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is wowing us with spectacular footage, f…
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…
UK's Global Talent Visa supports mobility of scientists and researchers
Added: 22 Feb 2021
Are you a researcher or a scientist seeking a fast route into the UK post Brexit? There's still tim…
Could you be the new face of space?
Added: 17 Feb 2021
The European Space Agency is opening its 'Gateway to Space' and inviting you to explore the potenti…
Kinky graphene 'straintronics' for smaller, faster microchips
Added: 16 Feb 2021
Using 'straintronics' rather than electronics, researchers have produced the tiniest microchips yet…
Astronomers confirm Farfarout is our most distant object
Added: 15 Feb 2021
Farfarout... is a faint little rock only 400km across. Farther out than Farout - in fact, far enoug…
Droplet formation at the nanoscale
Added: 4 Feb 2021
It is surprising to find such everyday physics in the nanoscale world of molecular biology, but whe…
Not just a droplet: Explaining one dimensional quantum liquid formation
Added: 22 Jan 2021
A new type of quantum droplet - the most dilute liquids ever experimentally observed - helps unrave…
Long-life, long-range, rapid recharging, affordable electric car battery
Added: 21 Jan 2021
Go from zero to 60 miles per hour in 3 seconds and drive like a Porsche... Electric car batteries t…
Let the countdown commence with atomic accuracy
Added: 31 Dec 2020
10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1... Happy New Year!
While the UK looks to Big Ben and the US…
Quantum technology spins into scalability
Added: 11 Dec 2020
A multi-disciplinary team has published proof-of-concept for a powerful and scalable quantum techno…
Science priorities agreed for 2024 lunar exploration
Added: 9 Dec 2020
Planetary processes and polar resource potential prioritised by lunar science team. Researchers pre…
Call for entries: Long COVID co-created science and art installation
Added: 3 Dec 2020
"The stories we tell matter." Relational Space
Are you willing to 'fearlessly explore' the impact …
ACHEMA live event postponed by nine months
Added: 18 Nov 2020
Further updates to our event horizon include a nine-month postponement of ACHEMA to April 2022, on …
Graphene researchers throw physics out the window
Added: 16 Nov 2020
A Manchester University graphene research team has just thrown the physics textbook out of the prov…
Significant water deposits on the moon confirmed
Added: 26 Oct 2020
If you got trapped on the moon you'd at least be able to fill your water bottle according to NASA's…
NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins, Crewmates Arrive Safely at Space Station
Added: 19 Oct 2020
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and two Russian cosmonauts arrived aboard the International Space Statio…
International Artemis Accord principles try to establish a safe, peaceful, and prosperous future in space
Added: 14 Oct 2020
Reflecting more than a little Star Trek Federation style peace and harmony, international cooperati…