The James Webb Space Telescope heralds a new era for astronomy
6 July 2022
We are about to get our hands on the first observations from the world’s most powerful space telescope - and it’s a moment to savour
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What does it mean when we say that space-time is expanding?
6 July 2022
When it comes to something as complex as space-time, intuition comes in different ways, depending on the level of science you have access to, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Why restoring seagrass meadows would be a huge conservation win
6 July 2022
Seagrass meadows are vanishing at a rate of 7 per cent a year, but this is a habitat that buries carbon up to 35 times faster than tropical rainforest. We must safeguard and restore it, says Sophie Pavelle
Time loops may not be forbidden by physics after all
5 July 2022
Physicists find that causal loops, where two events separated in time influence each other in paradoxical ways, are allowed in many theoretical universes, some of which share features with our own
Design work starts on European commercial fusion power station
5 July 2022
The EuroFusion consortium hopes its DEMOnstration Power Plant will take fusion power from the lab to commercial electricity supply by 2054
'Fair' AI could help redress bias against Black US homebuyers
4 July 2022
Pioneering reparations programmes meant to address decades of US housing discrimination against Black homebuyers could get a boost from AI decision making
Alien earthworms have spread to almost all parts of North America
4 July 2022
Invasive worms, considered a major threat to native ecosystems, have been found in 97 per cent of areas for which there are records in North America
Brain electrodes may be a long-lasting aid for severe depression
4 July 2022
Electrodes implanted in the brain were known to release impulses that may "normalise" overactive connections within a specific circuit of the organ, but researchers were previously unsure whether the treatment offered long-term relief from severe depression
Quantum computer cools itself down by performing calculations
1 July 2022
As they warm up, quantum computers can slow down or stop working altogether. A new kind made with specially engineered diamonds cools as it calculates
Molecular computer uses 10,000 times less energy than a normal one
1 July 2022
A chip-sized biocomputer uses molecules moving through a network of channels to solve problems. It uses much less energy per calculation than a traditional computer
