Train accidents could be caused by solar storms according to a study

Train accidents could be caused by solar storms switching signalling from red to green according to new research examining the impact of space weather. Solar...

Could climate change be impacting on our brain?

A new element of the catastrophic impacts of climate change is emerging – how global warming is impacting the human brain. In a paper published...

AI tool could help thousands avoid fatal heart attacks

An AI tool that can predict 10-year risk of deadly heart attacks, could transform treatment for patients who undergo CT scans to investigate chest...

Faster Arctic warming hastens 2C rise by eight years

Faster warming in the Arctic will be responsible for a global 2C temperature rise being reached eight years earlier than if the region was...

Scientists have run the first proof of concept of their DNA ‘time machine’ to...

Scientists have run the first proof of concept of their DNA ‘time machine’ to shed light on a century of environmental change in a...

Ancient landscape discovered beneath East Antarctic Ice Sheet 

Scientists at Newcastle University have discovered an ancient landscape that has lain hidden beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet for millions of years. The research...

The moon is 40 million years older than previously thought say scientists

More than 4 billion years ago, when the Solar System was still young and the Earth was still growing, a giant object the size...

Over 40 percent of Antarctica’s ice shelves are smaller

71 of the 162 ice shelves that surround Antarctica have reduced in volume over 25 years from 1997 to 2021, with a net release...

Archaeologists discover world’s oldest wooden structure

Half a million years ago, earlier than was previously thought possible, humans were building structures made of wood, according to new research by a...

Endangered species’ poo could help fight against diabetic ulcers

Poo from endangered animals could be the source of a potential new treatment for the infectious bacteria that cause diabetic foot ulcers, researchers from...