Destructive hacking attempts target critical infrastructure in Americas: survey

Hacking attacks that destroy rather than steal data or that manipulate equipment are far more prevalent than widely believed.
7 April 2015

Large Hadron Collider restarts after two-year rebuild

The Large Hadron Collider has restarted, with protons circling the machine's 27km tunnel for the first time since 2013.
5 April 2015

Android apps to run on Windows, Macs and Linux

Google has released a tool that lets Android apps run on any machine that can run its Chrome browser.
2 April 2015

Blood test for Down’s syndrome hailed

Testing pregnant women's blood for disorders in unborn children promises dramatic advances in medicine
2 April 2015

Experimental Ebola vaccine safe, prompts immune response

An early-stage clinical trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine found that the vaccine, called VSV-ZEBOV, was safe and elicited robust antibody responses
2 April 2015

Graphene light bulb set for shops

A light bulb made from graphene is th first commercially viable consumer product using the super-strong carbon, according to the developers from the UK
28 March 2015

Kazakhstan: The real ‘sleepy hollow’

About a quarter of the population of a northern Kazakhstan village has sporadically and suddenly falling into a deep sleep, and no one can explain why
27 March 2015

Extinguishing fire with sound

Two engineering students of George Mason University created a prototype handheld extinguisher that uses the waves produced by a low-frequency sound to extinguish fire
27 March 2015

Getting ready for the mission to Hell

Two most audacious space missions- Solar Orbiter and Solar Probe Plus, are currently in development and will venture inside the orbit of Mercury to study the Sun
26 March 2015

Drones with wings!

Scientists have created a drone with flapping wings that can fold in and rebound following a mid-air collision
26 March 2015

Mars has Nitrogen, key to life: NASA

NASA's team Curiosity Rover has found nitrogen on the surface of Mars which is a significant discovery that adds to evidence the Red Planet could once have sustained life, the space agency said.
25 March 2015

Electric power transmitted wirelessly in Japan

There is a legitimate possibility of space-based solar power to be transmitted says Japanese scientists following a successful transmission of wireless electric power transmission into pinpoint target using microwaves
25 March 2015

Bees get tech trackers!

A tiny new tracker designed to monitor bee behaviour is being tested by ecologists at Kew Gardens in London
25 March 2015

'Largest asteroid impact area' found

Scientists in Australia discovers what they say is the largest asteroid impact area ever found
24 March 2015

Where to watch Friday's solar eclipse

A total solar eclipse will take place tomorrow as the Moon moves between the Sun and the Earth
19 March 2015

Bacteria programmed to find tumours

Bacteria programmed to spot tumours in the liver have been shown off at the Technology, Entertainment and Design conference in Vancouver.
18 March 2015

Modifying human eggs to remove filial disease

American scientists are attempting to modify the DNA of human egg cells using a new gene-editing technique that could eliminate inherited diseases from subsequent generations of affected families
14 March 2015

Hubble finds 'best evidence' for Ganymede subsurface ocean

There is further, compelling evidence that Ganymede - the largest moon in the Solar System - has an ocean of water beneath its icy crust.
13 March 2015

‘First human’ found in Ethiopia

Scientists unearth the jawbone of what they claim is one of the very first humans.
5 March 2015

Second Life: A Miracle of advanced Medical Science

It was on the second night that Shahana's husband thought he was signing the death warrant of his wife when he was asked to sign a form granting permission to try a drug, a last resort to bring her back.
18 February 2015