A UK scientific team has published a groundbreaking study in Nature Communications, providing the first confirmation that a liquid envelope exists on the surface of mitotic chromosomes. This structure...

UK inertial fusion company First Light Fusion has for the first time generated X-rays on its largest pulsed-power machine, Machine 3 (M3), demonstrating that its low-cost, simple "long-pulse" driver...

A new study from the International Centre for Brewing and Distilling at Heriot-Watt University has found that juniper berries—the key botanical that gives gin its distinctive flavour—can vary dram...

A new UK-supported mission could reveal whether microscopic bacterial life exists in Venus's clouds. Over the past five years, researchers have detected two potential biosignatures—phosphine and am...

A study published in Nature Materials reveals a new method for precisely tuning magnetism using CrPS₄, paving the way for faster, smaller, and more energy-efficient smart magnetic technologies. CrPS...

A group of engineering students at Kingston University London has developed a rocket engine powered by an unusual yet highly sustainable energy source — beeswax. The project was carried out by eigh...

Although tidal energy is clean and highly predictable, harsh marine conditions, high maintenance costs, and technical challenges have long hindered its large-scale deployment. A new breakthrough in Sc...

A new study suggests that celestial objects known as "dark dwarf stars" may be hidden at the centre of the Milky Way and could provide crucial clues to the nature of dark matter. A research team fro...

A research team from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and the University of Manchester in the UK has recently announced the development of a new zinc-ion battery whose charge-discharge cycle ...

Researchers at University College London (UCL) have achieved a major breakthrough by developing a new acoustic system that enables robots to collaboratively transport objects. The results are detailed...

A joint research team from Loughborough University and Swansea University has achieved a breakthrough in space power technology with a lightweight cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cell. By depositing ul...

A research team from the UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL), in collaboration with Chalmers University of Technology and Royal Holloway, University of London, has published a breakthrough achiev...