Science

Japanese construction firm Obayashi has galvanized its nation’s scientific and engineering community to complete a working space elevator by 2050 that will reach a newly-built space station 96,000 kilometers from Earth. Read More »

The University of Sheffield has released the first photos of space ever taken with a 3D printed telescope. The telescope cost just £100 to make and is comprised of components which are easy to purchase on the internet. Read More »

Physicists at the University of Geneva have succeeded in teleporting the quantum state of a photon to a crystal over more than 25 kilometres of optical fibre. The experiment, carried out in the laboratory of Professor Nicolas Gisin, smashes the previous long distance record of 6 kilometres achieved ten years ago by the same team. Read More »

Inspired by natural adhesives secreted by shellfish, MIT engineers have created a new stronger waterproof glue that can be used to repair ships and even heal wounds and surgical incisions. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineered bacteria to produce a hybrid material that incorporates naturally sticky mussel proteins as well as a bacterial protein found in biofilms ... Read More »

Many Portsmouth residents were surprised, even alarmed, to see what appeared to be a flying saucer over the south coast. According to a met official, the object has nothing to do with the weather. Read More »

A new study by a University of Wisconsin Madison zoologist has found that declining wind may alter predator-prey relationships. The study has demonstrated the way “global stilling” or declining wind may alter predator-prey relationships. Read More »

Thousands plan to march in New York City on the eve of the September 23 Climate Summit. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says that he plans to join the enormous public march calling for action on climate change this coming weekend. Read More »

Tiny clownfish larvae can swim up to 400 kilometres in search of a hospitable anemone – an epic ability that could help them adapt to environmental change, research has found. Read More »

New research suggests short-term decreases in marine animal growth and reproduction could be linked to an increasing variability in the strength of coastal upwelling currents, which work to supply nutrients to a number of crucial ecosystems Read More »

According to a report from MIT, researchers are one step closer to engineering an active, streamlined “second-skin” spacesuit. Read More »

Hundreds of thousands of bees are dead after what an apparent pair of poison attacks on nearly 180 honey-producing hives near Brandon. The bee deaths reportedly happened sometime between Aug. 14 and Sept. 3 at two separate locations in the RM of Elton, about 10 kilometres and 18 kilometres northwest of Brandon. Read More »