Ordinary copper telephone wire could carry gigabit broadband speeds
26 April 2022
Many homes in the UK rely on repurposed phone lines for internet access, leading to slow download speeds, but there may be a solution
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Severe Indian heatwave will bake a billion people and damage crops
26 April 2022
An unusual heatwave forecast across much of India will see temperatures in the mid-to-high 40s°C
China is building more than half of the world's new coal power plants
26 April 2022
Some 176 gigawatts of coal capacity was under construction in 2021, and more than half of that was being built in China
Watch male orb-weaving spiders catapult off females to escape death
25 April 2022
For the first time, spiders have been observed escaping sexual cannibalism by flinging themselves away from females, reaching speeds of up to 88.2 centimetres per second
Rock dust can meet half of the UK's net-zero carbon removal target
25 April 2022
To meet its net-zero target, the UK needs technology to remove CO2 from the atmosphere – and sprinkling rock dust on fields could form a big part of the solution
Bloodworms have copper jaws that could inspire self-building materials
25 April 2022
A worm with jaws that contain unusually large amounts of copper relies on a single protein to build its fangs
We can now tell how much CO2 in the air is due to fossil fuel burning
22 April 2022
A way of distinguishing between natural carbon dioxide emissions and those from burning fossil fuels could help cities and countries monitor their progress in cutting emissions
Tiny axles and rotors made of protein could drive molecular machines
21 April 2022
Researchers have designed proteins that self-assemble into tiny machine parts for use in molecular engines
Climate change and farming may have halved some insect populations
20 April 2022
Warmer temperatures and intense agriculture may be responsible for a 49 per cent decline in insect numbers in some areas, with the tropics worst hit
NASA should explore Uranus and Enceladus, say planetary scientists
19 April 2022
A major report on priorities for the next decade of US planetary science calls for the first dedicated Uranus probe and an orbiter-lander combo for Saturn’s ocean moon Enceladus
