‘Cookies’ made from plastic may be on the menu for future astronauts | Food
Cookies produced from upcycled plastic may sound like something straight out of a dystopian sci-fi plot. But researchers…
Who is the Cork entrepreneur behind one of Ireland’s biggest wind energy investors?
One of the biggest investors in wind energy in Ireland is an investment fund and assets management company,…
China delays Chang’e-7 lunar south pole landing mission launch
HELSINKI — China has postponed its Chang’e-7 robotic lunar south polar landing mission just hours ahead of a…
An Australian family noticed snakes disappearing into a backyard mulch pile; snake catchers found 102 venomous snakes underneath | World News
A few snakes disappearing into a backyard mulch pile had seemed like a worrying but manageable problem for…
NASA Starshade Would Enable Astronomers To Directly Image Rocky Exoworlds
A NASA-led team is hoping to take a short cut in directly imaging extrasolar earthlike planets. The idea…
Scottish Water: Scotland recycles 72,000 contaminated single-use plastic bottles in a world-first move as new technology targets Petri dishes and pipette tips |
Scotland is taking a new approach to laboratory plastic waste. A new recycling system has already processed around…
SpaceX launches 100th orbital mission of 2026 from California
SpaceX reached its 100th orbital mission of 2026 on August 19, launching a Falcon 9 carrying 24 Starlink…
Japan develops its first neutral-atom quantum computer
Japanese researchers are making headway in the field of quantum computing, or systems that are much faster at…
Wild beaver kits born in Norfolk for first time in more than 500 years | Animals
Wild beaver kits have been born in Norfolk for the first time in more than 500 years. The…
The Purple Fabric That Could Beat the Scorching Heat
Newswise — A new purple cooling fabric developed by Chinese and Australian researchers could help people stay cooler…
Plastic producers must clean up their own mess
Every year, Bangladesh produces around 800,000 tonnes of plastic waste, of which only about 40 percent is recycled.…
A gas giant 520 light-years away has equatorial atmospheric motion approaching 33,000 kilometres per hour—around 16 times Neptune’s fastest winds. When announced in January 2025, it was the fastest planetary jet stream yet measured, although an even faster one was reported on another exoplanet just a month later.
For 28 days in early 2025, WASP-127b held one of planetary science’s most striking records. Atmospheric material around…