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Unpiloted military helicopter flies 134 km in simulated...
A retrofitted Black Hawk helicopter flew autonomously between mountains to deliver...
Gel-based encryption can only be unlocked with key of light...
A chemical gel can reveal a secret sequence of numbers if given the right "password"...
Most ‘home compostable’ plastic doesn’t break down in garden...
A study involving 1600 UK volunteers found that 60 per cent of plastics labelled...
Why the US military could replace spy satellites with solar...
The US military has spent billions of dollars on spy satellites and supersonic surveillance...
Smartphones can reveal whether bridges are about to fall...
The accelerometers in our smartphones collect information as we travel over bridges,...
Cane toads fling their tongues so hard the recoil slaps...
The first X-ray footage of a toad gulping down a meal reveals that its tongue recoils...
Neutrinos have been spotted coming from a strange, shrouded...
Cosmic neutrinos are tough to track – it has only been done once before – but researchers...
Tonga eruption's volcanic plume reached above the stratosphere...
The plume ejected by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano in January entered the...
A weird dead star may have a solid-like surface made of...
X-ray observations show that a distant magnetar may have a surface made of a strange...
When will a vaccine for RSV be available in the US?
The US has seen a huge surge in cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, mostly...
World’s largest plant for making methanol fuel from CO2...
The first commercial-scale plant for making methanol from carbon dioxide will save...
Glass device can tell objects apart without needing a computer
A device that uses a piece of glass with little bumps on it can distinguish objects...
Chinese rocket has crashed back to Earth but no one knows...
On Monday, China launched its Long March-5B rocket to carry the final module to...
How the Higgs boson could reveal the fate of our universe
It's just over ten years ago that the Higgs boson was first discovered. Physicist...
Does the UK need new nuclear plants like Sizewell C to...
With the cost of renewables and batteries plummeting, some academics argue that...
What US midterm elections mean for climate policy and public...
The outcome of state and national elections on 8 November will shape the next two...