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.
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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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Saving time, costs and lives.
- Jan 2026
Microbes vs methane
Researchers are employing methane-eating bacteria to deal with the menace of the potent greenhouse gas.
- Jan 2026
Planets' progress
A rare glimpse of a stage of planetary evolution may help fill gaps in some cosmic theories.
- Jan 2026
Atomic secrets
Scientist who worked on the bomb peeled the layers back on nuclear structure.
Quiet flow the fixes
Water scarcity is a real threat. Solutions exist, but the race is now between innovation and implementation.
- Jan 2026
A high five
The search for a fifth fundamental force is gathering momentum.
- Jan 2026
