The Corby recycling plant trying to keep plastic waste in the UK
Dr Margaret Bates, a fellow at the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management, has worked on policy issues for…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Unveils a Spectacular New View of Mars at Dawn
The captivating shapes of wind-carved crags called yardangs are revealed in this zoomed-in crop of a broader panorama…
A liquid-crystal analogue of the skyrmion Hall effect
Hess, A. J., Poy, G., Tai, J.-S. B., Žumer, S. & Smalyukh, I. I. Control of light by…
Endangered red squirrels thriving on British island
With growing concerns that red squirrels could soon become extinct in England, one Channel Island is a corner…
Four years ago countries made a historic deal to save nature. Is it dead in the water? | Cop17 biodiversity summit
Passersby could smell the dead fish before they saw them. In August, more than 3,000 pike, roach, carp…
The Human Fingerprint on Earth’s Water Cycle
Humans are exerting increasing influence over how water moves through lakes, rivers, soil, and the subsurface, and a…
Controllable transient coherent state reproduction in lasers
Schawlow, A. L. & Townes, C. H. Infrared and optical masers. Phys. Rev. 112, 1940–1949 (1958). Article ADS …
Reintroduced Grauer’s gorilla raising baby in African national park
Lulingu, a Grauer’s gorilla who was reintroduced to Virunga National Park in eastern Congo, is raising a baby…
‘Incredible’: bleached corals thrive within days when touching healthy neighbour
This video shows a bleached coral fragment brought back to health within weeks through fusion with a vibrant…
Nor’ easter to bring coastal flooding, winds to East Coast
An October nor’easter is developing in the Atlantic, where it will bring high surf, rip currents, coastal flooding…
The moon is shrinking. 10,000 cracks on the lunar surface reveal by how much
The moon is shrinking, and scientists are narrowing in on exactly how much our natural satellite has dwindled…
Scientists reach the ultimate quantum limit on a surface
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) have achieved a breakthrough in quantum…