Glow-in-The-Dark Tampons are Being Used to Fix Broken Sheffield Sewers
University brainiacs get to bottom of 'grey water' sewage problem with unlikely, luminous solution.
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University brainiacs get to bottom of 'grey water' sewage problem with unlikely, luminous solution.
The bulb is said to provide a brighter light than conventional LEDs, use up to 10 per cent less energy and last longer, too.
For many birds, such as the Choco Toucan (pictured), brilliant plumage has nothing to do with sex, and everything to do with survival.
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CASE and TARS are complicated beasts.
Cleopatra is a lucky tortoise who has been given a second chance at survival. She now wears a plastic cap created through 3D printing, which heals her cracked and dangerous shell. Read more >
The aurora borealis that took place on St. Patrick's day was spectacular, but it was also the first time that thousands of citizen scientists tweeted about the aurora to help NASA construct a detailed global map of the event.
Salim Ogur may have an explanation for why we can't seem to find the megastructures. If Dyson spheres exist, they're probably a lot smaller than we thought.
Yawunik kootenayi, a common ancestor to spiders, shrimp and butterflies, was a predatory "lobster-like" creature that ruled the seas half a billion years ago.
For many years, Ivory has maintained that the discovery of its trademark floating soap was a complete accident, but exactly how true is this?
One of the biggest challenges of the 21st century will be figuring out how to feed our rising global population. Now, some scientists are making the radical claim that growing more food won't be enough.
Here are some things that won't make water boil faster: watching the pot, adding salt. And here's something that does: nanostructures made from plant viruses
A suspended, living arrangement of 2,300 flowers which rises and fall around viewers as they move.
Made from silicon telluride, they may go on to be used in the batteries of the future.
Your typical thunderstorm strikes in summer, when the atmosphere is full of warm, moist air. So when lightning strikes in the middle of a winter blizzard, there is something strange going on.
Keeping global temperature rises below 2 °C is often quoted in the media. But that target—decided upon during international climate talks—may not be enough to save the planet's species.
