Found: The most-distant supermassive black hole ever observed
A team of astronomers have discovered the most-distant supermassive black hole ever observed. It resides in a luminous quasar and its light reaches us...
Uranium a cure for Cancer according to new findings from the University of Manchester
Uranium can perform reactions that previously no one thought possible, which could transform the way industry makes bulk chemicals, polymers, and the precursors to...
Hail Ceasar- The Roman Emperor first landed on the Isle of Thanet say researchers
New research from experts at the University of Leicester suggests that the first landing of Julius Caesar’s fleet in Britain took place in 54BC...
Like chips? You might be accelerating climate change
Fats being released into the atmosphere from cookers such as deep fat fryers may be enhancing the formation of clouds, which have a major...
Did our teeth evolve from the armour scales of primitive fish
Latest findings support the theory that teeth in the animal kingdom evolved from the jagged scales of ancient fish, the remnants of which can...
Ocean warming signals diet change for European shags
The diet of European shags has diversified as a result of warming North Sea temperatures according to a new long-term study led by the University of Liverpool and...
Pesticides may cause bumblebees to lose their buzz, study finds
Pesticides significantly reduce the number of pollen grains a bumblebee is able to collect, a new University of Stirling study has found.
The research, conducted...
Music from the stars
NASA data used to produce music mapping spacecraft’s amazing 40-year journey
Music created entirely from data beamed back from the Voyager 1 spacecraft will receive...
Man’s earliest ancestors discovered in southern England
Fossils of the oldest mammals related to mankind have been discovered on the Jurassic Coast of Dorset.
The two teeth are from small, rat-like creatures...
2017 is set to be in top three hottest years, with record-breaking extreme weather
It is very likely that 2017 will be one of the three hottest years on record, with many high-impact events including catastrophic hurricanes and...