Science

Scientists at the University of Exeter claim to have developed a new material for flexible and transparent memory devices based on a hybrid of graphene oxide and titanium oxide. Their devices are low cost and eco-friendly to produce, are also perfectly suited for use in flexible electronic devices such as ‘bendable’ mobile phone, computer and television screens, and even ‘intelligent’ ... Read More »

Researchers at the University of Sydney are developing virtual 3D maps of the Great Barrier Reef to print artificial replacements. Off of the coast in Australia, the majestic Great Barrier Reef is dying at an alarming rate. Increasingly overheated seawater and acidification has caused massive bleaching to this vital underwater ecosystem. Researchers from the University of Sydney are aiming to ... Read More »

Manatees have official been taken off the U.S Interior Department’s list of endangered species list. Citing a growing population spawned by decades of work improving habitat and bolstering protections,US federal wildlife officials removed the manatee from the endangered species list Thursday. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been pushing since last January to lower the designation for manatees from ... Read More »

Astronaut Peggy Whitson can add another record to her stellar NASA career. According to the Associated Press, the goal of Whitson’s walk was to complete some fine-tuning on a docking port outside of the International Space Station. (For reference: NASA defines a spacewalk as anytime an astronaut ventures outside of a spacecraft.) Joined by station commander Shane Kimbrough, the two ... Read More »

Prepare yourself for a close encounter with a comet, as one is passing closer to Earth than it ever has before. Comet 41 P/Tuttle-Giacombini-Kresák (catchy) will be as close as 13.2 million miles from our planet during a six-day fly-by from March 29 to April 3. The comet’s perihelion point, which is that part of its orbit taking it closest ... Read More »

On March 30th, SpaceX completed the first re-flight of an orbital class rocket. SpaceX, Elon Musk’s American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company, won a significant victory in their efforts towards affordable space travel by launching their first ever recycled rocket. A huge benchmark in reducing space flight costs and perhaps even one day enabling people to live on ... Read More »

Researchers have taken the deepest X-ray image of our Universe to date – and within it, they’ve found evidence of a huge, unexplained explosion coming from a galaxy around 10.7 billion light-years away. The phenomenon was captured by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, with space boffins initially convinced gamma ray bursts or the destruction of a white dwarf had caused it. ... Read More »

Researchers at the International Potato Center in Peru have managed to successfully grow a potato plant in conditions similar to those that are found on Mars. They believe the experiment shows promising evidence potatoes can be grown in harsh conditions. The centre seeks sustainable solutions to world hunger, poverty and the degradation of natural resources. The results could benefit not ... Read More »

Discovery is part of a burgeoning scientific field where researchers are looking for toxins from animals and plants to use in pain management. A fish that immobilises its prey by injecting them with a heroin-like substance could hold the key to a new generation of painkillers. The fanged blenny (Meiacanthus grammistes) grows to around 11 centimetres long and lives in ... Read More »

A New York design firm is planning to build the tallest skyscraper on Earth. However, it will not just beat the Burj Khalifa. It will also downsize Mt. Everest and all other things we thought was high. The Analemma Tower, which Cloud Architecture Office is calling the “world’s tallest building ever,” would hang from the sky, suspended by air cables ... Read More »

Blue Origin’s New Shepard capsule looks like a cushy ride for any space tourist flying high above the planet. New illustrations show the comfortable looking seats and interior of the Jeff Bezos-backed spaceship. “Every seat’s a window seat,” says an email from Bezos, Blue Origin founder and Amazon CEO. “The largest windows ever in space.” The reusable rocket has flown ... Read More »