Physicists have created a new type of diamond by crushing buckyballs
24 November 2021
A new form of diamond created in the lab is as strong as natural diamond and better able to withstand heat
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Stingrays’ bulging eyes and mouths make them much faster swimmers
2 September 2021
Stingrays have protruding eyes and mouths, which seem like they would make swimming less efficient, but they actually create vortices that let the rays swim faster
3D-printed robotic hand powered by water can play Super Mario Bros
15 July 2021
A 3D-printed robotic hand controlled by pressurised water can complete the first level of classic computer game Super Mario Bros in less than 90 seconds
Stealthy marine robot begins studying mysterious deep-water life
16 June 2021
Every day, countless deep-dwelling ocean animals rise to the surface to feed, speeding the transfer of carbon to the deep ocean – a robot has now begun to study the creatures
Deep-sea snailfish repairs its DNA to survive 7 km below the surface
13 May 2021
To survive 7000 metres below the surface of the sea, the Yap hadal snailfish has evolved advanced mechanisms for repairing its DNA and safeguarding its proteins
A submersible soft robot survived the pressure in the Mariana trench
3 March 2021
The pressure in the world’s deepest ocean abyss can crush even the strongest enclosures, so researchers are taking another tack – using a silicone robot with wings like a manta ray
Microplastic pollution discovered near the top of Mount Everest
20 November 2020
Tiny pieces of plastic called microplastics have have been found on Mount Everest. They have previously been detected in the Mariana trench so are now present at both the highest and deepest points on Earth
Earth could have more water than we thought while exoplanets have less
4 July 2019
New experiments with ice at very high pressures could force us to rethink our understanding of water on Earth and other planets
We've measured the pressure inside a proton and it's extreme
16 May 2018
The pressure inside a proton is a billion billion billion times the pressure in the Mariana Trench, and 10 times higher than in the core of a neutron star
We can now squeeze a molecule and turn it into one that we want
21 February 2018
We can now precisely tweak molecular structures just by squeezing them - a technique that could let us efficiently build custom drug compounds on the cheap
