Scientists turn to 3D printing, digital simulations to treat heart disease

Mar 26, 2016 06:30 am UTC| Science Technology

My mother bought her first GPS in the 1990s. A few months later, she came home angry because it had directed her to the wrong side of the city, making her an hour late. Thats too bad, I said, and we went on with our lives....

How astronomers could find the 'real' planet Krypton

Mar 25, 2016 01:27 am UTC| Science

The search for exoplanets, worlds orbiting stars other than our own, has become a major field of research in the last decade with nearly 2,000 such planets discovered to date. So the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of...

Dramatic change in the moon's tilt may help us trace the origin of water on Earth

Mar 24, 2016 00:06 am UTC| Science

Astronomers have found evidence that the axis that the moon spins around shifted billions of years ago due to changes in the moons internal structure. The research could help explain the strange distribution of water ice...

In defence of observational science: randomised experiments aren't the only way to the truth

Mar 23, 2016 02:02 am UTC| Health Science

Would you volunteer to become vegetarian for the next three decades for the sake of science? What if you were asked to run at least 50 kilometres per week, or live through a natural disaster? Granted, these are extreme...

Five ways nanotechnology is securing your future

Mar 22, 2016 11:29 am UTC| Science

The past 70 years have seen the way we live and work transformed by two tiny inventions. The electronic transistor and the microchip are what make all modern electronics possible, and since their development in the 1940s...

A golden age of ancient DNA science begins

Mar 22, 2016 01:33 am UTC| Science

If I had taken a straw poll among anthropologists 10 years ago ago asking them how far genetic research would come in the next decade, I doubt anyone would have come close to predicting the big impact fossil DNA work would...

Fighting superbugs with nanotechnology and light

Mar 21, 2016 14:24 pm UTC| Science

A new tool is emerging in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacterial disease. Beyond the global efforts to limit overuse and abuse of antibiotic drugs, nanomedicine is finding additional ways to attack these...