For The Better

The Alongshan virus was discovered in China only five years ago. Now researchers have found the novel virus for the first time in Swiss ticks. It appears to be at least as widespread as the tickborne encephalitis virus and causes similar symptoms. The …

Scientists have developed a novel antenna that allows manipulation of the direction, frequency and amplitude of the radiated beam, and is expected to play an important role in the integration of sensing and communications (ISAC) for 6th-generation (6G)…

Researchers are hoping that a new, low-cost battery which holds four times the energy capacity of lithium-ion batteries and is far cheaper to produce will significantly reduce the cost of transitioning to a decarbonized economy.

Magnetic nozzle plasma thrusters are thought of as the future of space travel. But one problem has hampered their development — plasma detachment. A recent study has shown that spontaneously excited plasma waves help magnetic nozzles overcome the plas…

New research highlights the risks of countries relying on nature-based solutions to achieve net-zero. National climate strategies set out how countries plan to reduce emissions, for example by phasing out fossil-fuel use, to get to net-zero in 2050. Th…

Even as detailed images of distant galaxies from the James Webb Space Telescope show us more of the greater universe, scientists still disagree about how life began here on Earth. One hypothesis is that meteorites delivered amino acids — life’s buildi…

Researchers have demonstrated a new way to create stable perovskite solar cells, with fewer defects and the potential to finally rival silicon’s durability.

Scientists have solved a decades-long mystery as to why ancient tetrapods — amphibian-like creatures that lived over 300 million years ago — preserved in one of Ireland’s most important fossil sites seemingly had their bones cooked after they died.

Researchers have examined the records of 87 patients admitted to hospital with brain abscesses, and found that the 52 patients for whom no cause had been found were about three times as likely to have oral bacteria present in their samples.

When cancer is detected at an early stage, the rates of survival increase drastically, but today only a few cancer types are screened for. An international study shows that a new, previously untested method can easily find multiple types of newly forme…