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Category: Science
Octopus-inspired camouflage fabric can change colour to...
A material made with layers that have different tensions wrinkles when heated, which can be used to reflect light such that an obj...
Why green energy firm Bulb's collapse is not a big blow...
Bulb’s collapse may not directly affect the amount of investment flowing into new UK renewable projects, but is nonetheless a bad ...
NASA’s DART mission will try to deflect an asteroid by ...
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is scheduled to launch on 24 November and will smash into the asteroid Dimorph...
Covid-19 news: Unvaccinated have 14 times greater risk ...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
New Australopithecus sediba bones suggest extinct homin...
The discovery of new Australopithecus sediba fossils mean we can now reconstruct most of the spine of one individual, and strength...
Covid-19 news: Mask wearing cuts infections by 53 per c...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Robots can use their own whirring to echolocate and avo...
Instead of using sophisticated sensors to detect their surroundings and navigate safely, drones and robots could listen for reflec...
Over three-quarters of the world’s vital carbon stores ...
Ecosystems such as forests and peatlands are vital stores for carbon, but less than a quarter of these areas worldwide have protec...
Strange quantum effect predicted 30 years ago has now b...
Pauli blocking, a quantum phenomenon that makes a dense quantum gas suddenly turn transparent, has now been observed in three inde...
Analysis of earliest covid-19 cases points to Wuhan mar...
A fresh look at what we know about the first covid-19 cases shows that the earliest known case was in a person who worked at the H...
New plastic made from DNA is biodegradable and easy to ...
A plastic made from DNA and vegetable oil may be the most sustainable plastic developed yet and could be used in packaging and ele...
Body odour chemical makes men calmer but women more agg...
A chemical called hexadecanal that is emitted from skin, breath and faeces has no scent but exposure to it can influence people’s ...