Your Next Phone May be Able to Smell You (and Your Diseases)
"Siri, do I have halitosis?"
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"Siri, do I have halitosis?"
University art professor John Sabraw and civil engineer Guy Riefler have joined forces and devised a method for extracting iron oxide metals from industrial waste. These extracts can then be turned into vibrant pigments and used to create stunning works of art. Read more >
Well it is 2015, so it had to turn up at some point in the next 10 months. Even if it isn't actually fusion.
Think they're housed in heavily-guarded, white coat-manned labs? Nah, they're just in a small cupboard in the West Country.
In three months, it goes from a spry, young fish (left) to a decrepit, old one (right). For scientists who study ageing, the turquoise killifish could be the key to their future experiments.
Well, it's one good thing to say for a nuclear meltdown, we guess.
Just don't take this thing into the casino.
This is crucial for the next time you need to drive your car at warp speeds.
This beautiful piece of shiny scientific instrumentation is a brand new class X-ray microscope sitting inside a vacuum chamber at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. Things have certainly changed since we were at school. Read more >
Overnight a simple garment broke the internet. Black and blue? White and gold? Let us settle it for you, with a little help from our old friend science.
The seemingly unprofitable and pointless habit of gnats to hover in a cloud is, in fact, the single most productive thing they'll ever do with their short lives.
It costs a lot to produce titanium traditionally, but a new technique could drastically reduce the expense, meaning the material will be as useful for cars as it is for fighter jets.
They reveal everything from temperature and energy use, to how much radiation we beam into space. Here's how to understand the maps that help us to understand our planet's vital signs.
Researchers at the University of Manchester have used the 2D carbon material to target and neutralise cancererous growths.
Italian neuroscientist and head-transplant advocate Sergio Canavero wants to make the tricky procedure actually happen.
Someone did a study to analyse how colour affects the popularity of Pinterest posts. Quite a bit actually.
