Launch of Euclid Mission to map the Universe
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid flagship Dark Energy Satellite Mission is due to Launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 11:12 a.m. EDT...
Conservation of the World’s fish stocks are dwindling says Salford study
Conservation of dwindling fish stocks is being severely hampered by poor controls on global trade, according to research published in Scientific Reports.
The study carried...
Mass grave is the burial site of Viking army
A mass grave uncovered in Derbyshire the 1980s dates to the Viking Age and may have been a burial site of the Viking Great...
Astronomers discover new ways in which young giant planets evolve
New research into the early stages of planet formation, published today in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, suggests that there may...
Scientists reveal how chemical that drives cats ‘crazy’ is produced
Researchers have shown how catnip produces the chemicals that send cats into a state of frenzy.
Catnip is a plant in the mint family and...
Scientists solve the conundrum of developing cheaper and more efficient solar power
Scientists have helped to solve a puzzle that could lead to cheaper and more efficient solar power.
A team of researchers, including physicists at Durham...
The rare molecule weighing in on the birth of planets
Astronomers have discovered a rare molecule in the dust and gas disc around a young star – and it may provide an answer to...
Scientists uncover how an explosion of new genes explain the origin of land plants
Scientists have made a significant discovery about the genetic origins of how plants evolved from living in water to land 470 million years ago.
The...
Researchers to study ‘DNA’ of Earth’s interior
An ambitious project set-up to map conditions underneath the surface of the Earth in unprecedented detail has been launched by scientists.
Combining state-of-the-art technology with...
Ancient tiny teeth reveal first mammals lived more like reptiles
Pioneering analysis of 200 million-year-old teeth belonging to the earliest mammals suggests they functioned like their cold-blooded counterparts - reptiles, leading less active but...