Researchers in Canada are developing guidelines to use waste materials from the pulp and paper industry as a sustainable alternative for road construction.
Scientists at Rice University have demonstrated a process to convert waste from old rubber tyres into graphene which can, in turn, be used to strengthen concrete....
Researchers in Brazil have trained a computer program, through various machine learning methods, to detect Covid-19 in chest X-rays with high accuracy.
Engineers have developed self-cooling fabrics from polyethylene, a material commonly used in plastic bags.
The Gaia galaxy-mapping mission generates more scientific papers per year than the famed Hubble Space Telescope, yet to the general public it remains mysterious....
The capacity for forests in regions that suffer from extreme repeated fires to store large amounts of carbon is falling, according to researchers.
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed an AI-based model which can make a 90 per cent accurate assessment of whether a person will die...
A quantum sensor has been developed that can analyse the full spectrum of radio frequencies, which could enable new options for military communication.
A global team of experts has put together a list of the most urgent biosecurity threats, with bioengineering threats such as DNA-based surveillance among the top-ranked...
A Covid-19 testing method is being developed that uses a smartphone microscope to analyse saliva samples and can deliver results in around 10 minutes.