Misunderstood worm-like fossil finds its place in the Tree of Life
17 August 2014One of the most bizarre-looking fossils ever found - a worm-like creature with legs, spikes and a head difficult to distinguish from its tail –...
The beetle’s white album
15 August 2014The physical properties of the ultra-white scales on certain species of beetle could be used to make whiter paper, plastics and paints, while using far...
Big, spinning black hole blurs light
14 August 2014NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) has captured an extreme and rare event in the regions immediately surrounding a supermassive black hole.
Mind and body: Scientists identify immune system link to mental illness
13 August 2014Children with high everyday levels of a protein released into the blood in response to infection are at greater risk of developing depression and psychosis...
“Trojan horse” treatment could beat brain tumours
13 August 2014A smart technology which involves smuggling gold nanoparticles into brain cancer cells has proven highly effective in lab-based tests.
Watching molecules ‘dance’ in real time
12 August 2014A new technique which traps light at the nanoscale to enable real-time monitoring of individual molecules bending and flexing may aid in our understanding of...
How some of the first animals lived - and died
11 August 2014New three-dimensional reconstructions show how some of the earliest animals on Earth developed, and provide some answers as to why they went extinct.
Volcano team get measure of threat to Great Rift Valley
08 August 2014Little known volcanoes in one of Africa’s most stunning locations are to be explored in a bid to understand the threat they pose to life,...
New research aims to improve energy efficiency, cut carbon emissions and reduce costs
07 August 2014Cambridge project is among those benefiting from £3 million Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funding.
Gene increases risk of breast cancer to one in three by age seventy
06 August 2014Breast cancer risks for one of potentially the most important genes associated with breast cancer after the BRCA1/2 genes are today reported in the New...