The life digital
As the world gears up to embrace a sustainable future, scientists are mimicking biological systems to find solutions to disparate problems.
See how they move
From slithering tubes to moving with legs: the wondrous evolution of locomotion.
Up and about
Saving time, costs and lives.
New lease of life
Engineers are looking at a great model for design that had been ignored for centuries: life.
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Rest in pieces
The study of fragments is vital for industry and for everyday health and safety.
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No smoke without fire
Stubble-burning farmers are slyly evading satellite detection. Researchers, therefore, favour multisourcing pollution data.
- Jan 2026
Window to the world
A transparent and heat-insulating material may serve critical sectors.
- Jan 2026
A cosmic riddle
An afterglow from a neutron star merger has astrophysicists aflutter: could this be a unique 'superkilonova'?
- Jan 2026
Planets' progress
A rare glimpse of a stage of planetary evolution may help fill gaps in some cosmic theories.
- Jan 2026
Rain some, lose some
A new study on climate throws up a few surprises.
- Jan 2026
