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Category: Science
Covid-19 news: Record cases in school children in Engla...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
WHO calls for lower limits on air pollution to save mil...
The World Health Organization has released guidelines for strict limits on air pollution from cars, power stations and other sourc...
The black hole paradox that thwarts our understanding o...
Black holes devour stuff and then shrivel away over billions of years. Explaining what happens to anything that falls in explodes ...
Story of epic human voyages across Polynesia revealed b...
By studying DNA from people living in Polynesia, geneticists have worked out the order in which the islands – some thousands of ki...
Tiny sensors inspired by gliding seeds could monitor th...
Millimetre-sized wireless sensors modelled after spinning or gliding seeds could be used to measure environmental factors such as ...
4D-printed robot self-assembles into a tube and rolls u...
A 3D-printed material rolls itself up into a tube, becoming a “4D-printed” robot that travels up hills when exposed to heat
Why covid-19 hospitalisations may soar in England despi...
Modelling suggests covid-19 hospitalisations in England could soon be as high as 7000 a day, but that is only one of several diffe...
Blame fossil fuels, not renewables, for the UK's winter...
Rising gas prices mean the UK is facing a difficult winter and some people are keen to point the blame at the shift to renewables ...
Covid-19 News: Booster invitations will be sent to over...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Stroke rehab should be offered for months longer than i...
People who have had a stroke are generally given physiotherapy for around a month, but those who received extra treatment saw impr...
We can now bioengineer catnip instead of extracting it ...
Catnip contains a chemical that makes a highly effective insect repellent, but extracting it from plants is expensive. Now it can ...
Covid-19 news: Recorded US death toll reaches that of 1...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...