Environmental Issues New nanotech sponge sucks mercury from water in less than 5 seconds! March 31, 2017
Other PhD students are 2.5 times more likely to develop psychiatric disorders than highly educated general population March 29, 2017
Biology If stem cells don’t grow as you want them to, just add a dash of parsley-husk scaffolding March 22, 2017 - Updated on April 19, 2018
News We may face a huge shortage of essential raw materials stiffling green energy if governments don’t step up their game March 21, 2017 - Updated on March 22, 2017
Materials Czech researchers turn graphene sheets into the first stable non-metallic magnets March 7, 2017 - Updated on May 5, 2020
Materials Adding fibers to hydrogel, a soft material mostly made of water, makes it 5 times tougher than steel February 27, 2017
Environment Additive recycles incompatible mixed plastics into uber-polymer February 27, 2017 - Updated on July 12, 2023
Home science This new hair dye changes color based on temperature. Yes, it’s awesome February 23, 2017
Home science Dystopia today: Official German watchdog tells parents a doll might be spying on their children February 20, 2017
Materials Better containers could significantly curb food waste, enable better food aid January 10, 2017
Materials MIT researchers create extremely strong and light material from graphene flakes January 9, 2017
News Sci-fi buffs everywhere, rejoyce! The UK military is developing laser weapons January 5, 2017 - Updated on June 16, 2017
News We’re trusting a lot of fake news because we’re abysmal at weeding it out, study finds December 8, 2016
Anthropology Time to update the Paleo Diet — it was heavy on plants and veggies, archaeologists found December 6, 2016
Materials NASA plans to build robots that explore frozen worlds from metallic glass so they don’t shatter December 2, 2016
News Boom Supersonic XB-1 unveiled: the aircraft that will take you from NYC to London in 3.15 hours November 28, 2016 - Updated on November 29, 2016
Materials Scientists make semiconductor-free chip that work similarly to vacuum tubes November 9, 2016
Electronics Atomic-sandwich material could make computers 100 times more energy efficient November 8, 2016
Technology China is building an impressive magnetic levitation train that can go at 600 km/h (373 mph) November 4, 2016
Discoveries Russian scientists stumble upon secret Nazi base in the Arctic November 3, 2016 - Updated on November 4, 2016
Mind & Brain Study finds viewing selfies on social media can make you miserable or jolly — depending on how you see yourself October 24, 2016
