Technology
POSTS FROM 2026
The Microbial Invention of Electricity
Leonid Digel discusses the one source of energy that is shared by all living things.
Monday, 12 January 2026
POSTS FROM 2025
The Dawn of a New Scientific Revolution?
Imagine the year 2075. As we look back on the 2020s, this decade would stand out as a pivotal moment...
Sunday, 7 December 2025
POSTS FROM 2024
Making Everyday Life Easier With Soft Robotics
Pranav Addepalli delves into the advent of soft robotics, their numerous underwater, medical, and biomimetic applications and some of the challenges facing soft robots/soft robot development.
Thursday, 25 July 2024
Chipping In: Are the Benefits of Neurolink All Inside Our Head?
Maciej Gabrysiak explores the current state of neural implant technology and examines the claims of its leading proponents
Thursday, 4 April 2024
Quantum Internet: An Entangled World
Shreyas Iyer introduces the reader to the strange and remarkable implications of a quantum internet and its applications in secure communication
Tuesday, 9 January 2024
Clearing the Confusion about Nuclear Fusion
Xavior Wang discusses the promises and challenges of fusion energy
Thursday, 4 January 2024
Power to the People: Creating a Resilient Electricity Grid in the Face of Global Hazards
Lizzie Knight discusses how the electricity grid is susceptible to global hazards and what can be done to improve its resilience
Thursday, 4 January 2024
POSTS FROM 2023
Nuclear Fusion – Harnessing the Power of Stars
Shikang Ni talks about the future of nuclear fusion energy and where we are now
Thursday, 20 July 2023
The Decarbonisation Challenge
Clifford Sia explains the difficulty of making the world run on renewable energy
Thursday, 13 July 2023
Microprocessor Design – We're Running Out Of Ideas
Clifford Sia discusses the challenges involved in building faster microprocessors
Monday, 3 July 2023
Generative Adversarial Networks
Shavindra Jayasekera discusses how competing algorithms can solve the problem of small biomedical datasets
Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Femtech Venture Creation Weekend – May 2022
Benedetta Spadaro reviews the first Femtech Venture Creation event, which focused on how technology could be used to improve female health
Thursday, 25 May 2023
POSTS FROM 2022
How to Build a Quantum Computer
Xavior Wang explores what makes and breaks a quantum computer
Thursday, 2 June 2022
Where Art Meets Artificial Intelligence
Pauline Kerekes talks to Lukas Noehrer at the Alan Turing Institute
Thursday, 26 May 2022
Reinventing Ourselves: What Do Advances in Artificial Intelligence Mean for Truth?
Gladys Poon discusses how our increasing reliance on algorithms affects the world we live in and our perception of it
Thursday, 12 May 2022
POSTS FROM 2021
To See in a New Light: There is More than Meets the Eye
Xavior Wang explores the scientific advancements in optical technology that transformed our perception of reality
Tuesday, 3 August 2021
Whale Tracking Technology Hopes for a Sea Change in Conservation
Hazel Walker takes a deep dive into the world of cetacean tracking
Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Stepped-drum Calculators to Math Grenades: how well do you know your calculators?
Kathryn Bowers talks about the history of calculators
Thursday, 17 June 2021
Making an Internet From Scratch
Charles Jameson explores the remarkable levels of complexity underlying something we all take for granted - the Internet
Thursday, 27 May 2021
The Electrifying World of Energy Harvesting
Liam Ives explores how we can harness the wasted energy from everyday processes.
Thursday, 22 April 2021
Dish Life: The Game – by Pocket Sized Hands
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a scientist? Adiyant Lamba reviews Dish Life.
Thursday, 4 February 2021
POSTS FROM 2020
The Lake Kivu Challenge 2020 – Unlocking Africa’s Lower Skies
James Macdonald takes us on a trip through Africa's rapidly developing aviation technology scene
Saturday, 8 August 2020
Unintelligent Design: Uncovering Bias in Artificial Intelligence
Evan Wroe and Felix Opolka speak to Dr Jennifer Cobbe about the causes of bias in machine learning models and how the associated risks can be mitigated.
Monday, 6 April 2020
From Cannons to Apollo: Rockets Through the Ages
Lucy Hart discusses the history of space flight and what could lie ahead for this exciting field.
Monday, 30 March 2020
En Clair - Adam Rodman
Abigail Dutton shares an interesting podcast on forensic linguistics.
Thursday, 5 March 2020
POSTS FROM 2019
Tiny particles, huge computers
Laurence Cooper discusses computational methods and future technologies that can help us improve our understanding of particle physics. Laurence is a PhD student in theoretical physics at DAMTP, Cambridge.
Monday, 23 September 2019
Autonomous Vehicles: Looking at the Road Ahead
James Macdonald interviews Professor John Miles and start-up Wayve about the future of autonomous vehicles
Sunday, 4 August 2019
Review: To Be a Machine
“Akin to a traveller’s diary, this book describes unbelievable technologies of tomorrow, such as mind uploading, cryonics, artificial superintelligence and device implantation”
Thursday, 13 June 2019
A Digital (R)Evolution
Charles Jameson examines neuroscience’s role in solving the most difficult computational problems
Thursday, 23 May 2019
Walking in the footsteps of robotic fossils
Robot of ancient fossil enables scientists to model gait
Monday, 6 May 2019
POSTS FROM 2018
A Laser Game Controller for the Cambridge Science Festival
James Macdonald describes designing a system to control video games with lasers.
Tuesday, 13 February 2018
Regulation and Foresight
Harry Lloyd ponders our duty to think ahead of technological progress
Sunday, 11 February 2018
Harry Potter and the Reactive Profile Picture
Martha Dillon investigates the technology behind living photographs
Sunday, 11 February 2018
POSTS FROM 2017
A Look Behind the Ice Sheet: The Polar Museum's Greenland Exhibit
Uummannaq: A Century of Exploration
Thursday, 23 November 2017
Cambridge’s Latest Nobel Prize
Max Wilkinson explores the science behind this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
What if We Touched Mars?
Patrick Lundgren reflects on the scientific and moral implications of humanity’s dream of space exploration coming true.
Friday, 7 July 2017
FOCUS: Speak More, Act More
With ongoing political and public apathy surrounding sustainability and development, Kelsey Reichenbach and Paul Cohen ask the experts Professor Simon Schaffer,...
Friday, 7 July 2017
Lord Martin Rees: the Future and Catastrophe
Lord Martin Rees is a former Master of Trinity College and an accomplished cosmologist and astrophysicist. He has been Astronomer Royal since 1995, and was President of the Royal Society between 2005 and 2010. Lord Rees spoke to Gabija Maršalkaite and Deyan Mihaylov.
Friday, 7 July 2017
Shakes and the City
Seán Thór Herron talks to Dr Emily So about preparing for earthquakes in urban areas
Sunday, 18 June 2017
The Last Lunar Explorer: An interview with Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon
Jackson Howarth (from LUUSci at the University of Leeds) chats with Gene Cernan
Tuesday, 11 April 2017
Love on the Line
Jordan Ramsey explores how technology has reshaped our romantic relationships
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Open For Everyone
Haydn King describes the open-source software movement and two of its most striking characters
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Cracking Codes
Philipp Kleppman deciphers the advance of cryptography throughout the centuries
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Decoding Quantum Computing
Simon Watson demystifies the complex world of quantum computing
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Fracking: Facts and Fiction
Ollie Stephenson explains why the fracking debate is far from simple
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Nanotech? That’s Ancient History!
Ramya Gurunathan shines a light on nanoparticles in Ancient Roman art
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Engineering in Time
Martha Dillon discusses why civil engineers should care about the past
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
FOCUS: AI and the power of the neuron
Alex Bates looks at how neurobiology has inspired the rise of artificial intelligence
Monday, 13 March 2017
Tissue Engineering Scaffolds: Guiding the rise of Cell Therapies
Oran Maguire explains how engineering and cell biology are carving out a new field
Sunday, 5 March 2017
POSTS FROM 2016
Beetles provide inspiration for frost prevention
Frost removal is a laborious and costly task that is carried out by engineers in aviation, renewable energy and more...
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
POSTS FROM 2015
Is the flickering of a far-away star caused by comets or aliens? (It’s probably not aliens.)
NASA’s Kepler space telescope was launched in March 2009 with the goal of discovering Earth-like exoplanets. It also may have...
Thursday, 5 November 2015
Technology: Do-It-Yourself Biology
Verena Brucklacher-Waldert discusses how stay-at-home biologists want to democratize experimental research
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Improving on gold dust: a new way to bolster semiconductor devices
‘Silicon Valley’ has become somewhat of a byword for success in the technology industries. The rocky, reddish, Northern Californian valley...
Monday, 2 November 2015
Train the brain – improving memory in schizophrenia with an iPad game
Schizophrenic patients struggle with many symptoms. They have hallucinations, delusional beliefs, and often lack motivation. Apart from these “classical” symptoms,...
Friday, 7 August 2015
Artificial Intelligence discovers how worms regenerate body parts
Many dream of the day when medicine finds a way to regenerate organs. But to successfully recreate complex body parts,...
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
POSTS FROM 2014
New software allows to live-track cells
Since the discovery of the cell by Robert Hook in the 1665, biologists have been studying cells under microscopes. Currently...
Friday, 17 October 2014
Technology: Solitary cell confinement
Verena Brucklacher-Waldert discusses the challenges and benefits of chips that analyse individual body cells separately
Monday, 13 October 2014
Top Headline Grabbers of the Past Ten Years
In celebration of BlueSci’s tenth anniversary, Joanna-Marie Howes revisits the past ten years of influential scientific stories
Monday, 13 October 2014
Top Ten Scientific Discoveries of the Past Ten Years
In celebration of BlueSci’s tenth anniversary, Joanna-Marie Howes revisits the past ten years of influential scientific stories
Monday, 13 October 2014
Ten Years of Nobels
For over 100 years, Nobel Prizes have recognised those conferring “the greatest benefit on mankind”. Meanwhile, the Ig Nobel Prizes...
Monday, 13 October 2014
Technology: Decoding Quantum Computing
Simon Watson demystifies the complex world of quantum computing
Tuesday, 20 May 2014
A new smart tag revealing if your food is spoiled
Pouring milk onto your cereals only to find out it is spoiled can be a tough way to start your day.
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
Behind the Science: The Women Behind the Science
Sarah Smith considers the impact of the founding mothers of computer science
Monday, 3 February 2014
Focus: Lines of Communication
BlueSci explores how the natural world communicates, from single cells to the birth of the digital era
Monday, 3 February 2014
Feature: Tapping into New Water Sources
Digory Smith discusses the issue of water shortage and the technology employed to meet demand
Monday, 3 February 2014
Cover: Discovering Cell Fate
Mubeen Goolam discusses the advancing technology used to generate this issue’s cover image
Monday, 3 February 2014
POSTS FROM 2013
Technology: Love on the Line
Jordan Ramsey explores how technology has reshaped our romantic relationships
Monday, 25 November 2013
Feature: Cracking Codes
Philipp Kleppmann deciphers the advance of cryptography throughout the centuries
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Feature: Open for Everyone
Haydn King describes the open-source software movement and two of its most striking characters
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Cover: Electron Microscopy
Nicola Love explains the technique used to obtain this issue’s cover image
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Captain, there’s something on the radar
The Royal Navy have just unveiled their new radar system and the Artisan 3D boasts statistics stats that would impress tech-addicts everywhere.
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
DNA could store digital files
A group led by Nick Goldman in Hinxton, UK, has demonstrated that DNA - the so-called “code of life” - can now be used to accurately archive all-sorts of digital media. Information encoded in DNA could be stored and read for thousands of years.
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Need a use for your old Christmas tree? Give it a second life in biomedicine!
You’ve lost and won countless games of Monopoly, consumed your body weight in turkey sandwiches and selection boxes, and sung...
Friday, 11 January 2013
POSTS FROM 2012
The pixie of all pixels
Scientists at the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge have demonstrated a new use for carbon nanotubes (CNTs)....
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Bumblebees could teach robots how to navigate
Bumblebees are surprisingly efficient navigators. With simple brains and no mental map to guide them, bumblebees must learn routes to...
Friday, 5 October 2012
Facebook could be addictive
You could be addicted to Facebook, suggests a new study lead by a team of researchers in Norway.
Monday, 28 May 2012
Bionic eye gives hope for blindness
Scientists at Stanford University in California have invented a wireless retinal implant which can help to cure blindness. Illnesses such...
Friday, 25 May 2012
Magnetic bacteria can build tomorrow's biocomputers
According to a group of researchers at the University of Leeds, microbes are the key to producing tomorrow’s super-fast computers....
Friday, 18 May 2012
Focus: Higher, Faster, Stronger
BlueSci explores the role of science in pushing the boundaries of human physical ability.
Friday, 27 April 2012
Feature: Type ‘L’ for Love
Jordan Ramsey reveals how computers are being used to simulate love and investigate our choice of life partners.
Friday, 27 April 2012
Feature: Big Ideas, Small Beginnings
M Fernando Gonzalez investigates the microelectronic revolution and the role of transistors.
Friday, 27 April 2012
Final flight of Discovery
After a year of decommissioning, NASA’s flagship Space Shuttle Discovery has made its final flight, this time within Earth’s atmosphere...
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
Feature: Powering East Africa from below
Tom Bishop explores the potential of geothermal energy in Africa.
Sunday, 18 March 2012
Weird and Wonderful
A selection of the wackiest research in the world of science
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Arts & Science: Writing the Future
Matthew Dunstan investigates the role of science fiction in shaping science fact
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
History: Science’s Royal Beginnings
Nicola Stead takes a look back at the origins of the Royal Society and its founding members
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Behind the Science: Computers, Codes and Cyanide
Jordan Ramsey explores the persecuted genius of computing pioneer Alan Turing
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Focus: Intelligence
BlueSci looks at the science of human intelligence: how do we test it, what controls it, and how do we even define it?
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Feature: The Eccentric Engineer
Sarah Amis looks into the life of one of the world’s most innovative, yet troubled, inventors
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
New metal is world’s lightest material
A team of researchers has developed a ‘micro-lattice’ material that is approximately 100 times lighter than polystyrene.
Thursday, 12 January 2012
POSTS FROM 2011
Interview: Dr Rupert Soar - Fungus Farming to Freeform Construction.
Nick Crumpton talks to Rupert Soar about termite-inspired buildings, sustainable architecture and the future of construction.
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
Review: Frank Close - Physics, Prizes and Phantom Particles
Winning a Nobel Prize in neutrino physics, is all about longevity. That was the message of Professor Frank Close OBE to a joint audience from BlueSci, Cambridge University's Science Magazine, and the Cambridge University Physics Society.
Monday, 12 December 2011
Interview: Filming Frozen Planet - Capturing the Public Imagination
Frozen Planet director Adam Scott talks to Nick Crumpton about one of the most extreme environments on Earth.
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Temporal cloaks mask our perception of reality
Through a remarkable feat of physics, researchers at Cornell University have been able to hide an event in time by...
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Review: Ten Top Tips for Televisual Triumph
Why do journalists often get their facts wrong when they report on science stories?
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Feature: Life on Air - Listening in on Natural Science
Some sort of bubbled ‘moo’: that’s what I assumed manatees were going to sound like. A muffled Chewbacca would have...
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Radar can now see us through walls
Since the development of RADAR (Radio Detection And Ranging) in 1940, its ability to pinpoint fixed objects and determine the...
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Weird and Wonderful
A selection of the wackiest research in the world of science
Monday, 3 October 2011
Away from the Bench: Skeletons and Flame Tornadoes
Aaron Barker explains how certain types of CHaOS can be fun and informative
Monday, 3 October 2011
Arts & Science: Caring for Art
Tim Middleton uncovers the role of science in the storage and conservation of paintings
Monday, 3 October 2011
History: Science in Print
Helen Gaffney explores the rise of popular science magazines
Monday, 3 October 2011
Behind the Science: The Father of Forecasting
Lindsey Nield reflects on the life and voyages of Admiral Robert Fitzroy
Monday, 3 October 2011
Feature: Eye-popping Films
Aaron Barker looks into the physics behind 3D cinema
Monday, 3 October 2011
Feature: The Age of Endeavour
Vicki Moignard recalls the captivating history of the Space Shuttle
Monday, 3 October 2011
Online game players solve structure of AIDS protein
Players from an online gaming community have solved the crystal structure of a retrovirus protein causing AIDS in rhesus monkeys. The gamers determined in just three weeks something that has eluded scientists for over 10 years.
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
iGEM 2011: Squid to E. coli - Bactiridescence
Squids and octopi (cephalopods) are renowned for their stunning ability to change their skin colour, as a means of camouflage...
Monday, 19 September 2011
New material offers superior rate performance for batteries
Battery technology could soon see a vast improvement due to the discovery of a new material that could increase power, energy density and safety, as well as reduce charge time.
Monday, 12 September 2011
Self-cleaning fabrics could be cleaner than ever
Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have developed a new self-cleaning fabric that is more robust, has improved antibacterial qualities, and is easier to manufacture.
Saturday, 10 September 2011
A man-made mountain in the Netherlands?
A Dutch journalist has proposed the idea of creating a mountain in the Netherlands, believing it will benefit the nation’s athletes and become a top attraction.
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Fighting malaria with microwaves
Researchers at Penn State University have been awarded a grant by the Gates Foundation to develop their idea of treating malaria with microwaves.
Friday, 26 August 2011
The internet tells children to love pandas but not their back gardens
The increased reliance of children on virtual media rather than hands-on outdoor activities means their consideration in protecting species along...
Monday, 15 August 2011
BlueSci gets Creative
The BlueSci committee are pleased to announce that from now on we will be placing all material published by BlueSci,...
Saturday, 30 July 2011
Enceladus plumes come from underground ocean
Direct sampling of water plumes jetting into space from Saturn’s moon Enceladus suggest that liquid water exists in large underground reservoirs.
Friday, 1 July 2011
Putting waste energy to good use
A prototype produced by engineers in the United States can capture wasted heat from exhausts and use it for air conditioning and the generation of electricity.
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Serendipitous supercapacitors
The unexpected discovery of a new three-dimensional porous carbon material could allow supercapacitors to rival the performance of the standard lead-acid battery.
Sunday, 22 May 2011
A new method to harness solar energy
Scientists reporting in Nature Materials have built a prototype to show that the thermoelectric effect might provide an alternative way to generate electricity from sunlight.
Saturday, 21 May 2011
An innovation odyssey- from basic research to the world’s fastest selling consumer electronics product
Review of Centre for Science and Policy ((http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/)) Distinguished Lecture Series. 12th May 2011, Professor Chris Bishop, Microsoft Research, Cambridge.
Saturday, 14 May 2011
Carbon nanotube microsensors designed to improve gas masks
A new type of sensor described recently in the journal Advanced Materials could lead to safer respirators for emergency workers.
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
BlueSciFilm: Understanding ocean currents
BlueSciFilm interview Natalie Roberts, PhD student in the Department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge University, about her work as a paleoceanographer, studying circulation of water around the Atlantic and its association with climate change.
Monday, 9 May 2011
Technology: Computationally Challenged?
Anders Aufderhorst-Roberts examines the demands of the digital economy
Saturday, 7 May 2011
Arts & Reviews: Shadow Catchers
Stephanie Glaser discovers how shadows caught by camera-less photography bring light to an image
Saturday, 7 May 2011
Perspective: Common Knowledge
Tim Middleton gives his perspective on access to data and the recent scandals
Saturday, 7 May 2011
Behind the Science: Women Who Led the Way
Jessica Robinson uncovers some of the pioneering female scientists
Saturday, 7 May 2011
Focus: Small Channels, Big Ideas
BlueSci explores microfluidic technology and its dazzling array of applications
Saturday, 7 May 2011
Plasmonic resonances in semiconductors
Scientists have demonstrated localised surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) in semiconductors, extending the range of materials that can be used for photonics and offering new possibilities for light harvesting, nonlinear optics and quantum information processes.
Thursday, 28 April 2011
Feature: Man & Machine
KT Roberts is surprised by the achievements of cybernetics
Monday, 25 April 2011
Feature: The ‘Map of Life’
Further to our recent news story, Tim Middleton interviews creators of the new ‘Map of Life’ website ((http://www.mapoflife.org/index/)) and looks into the apparent absurdities and controversies of convergent evolution.
Monday, 18 April 2011
The search for antimatter
This month the space shuttle Endeavour will make its final journey after a loyal 19 years service and its last...
Thursday, 14 April 2011
New maps of Earth's gravity unveiled
Models illustrating the most accurate measurements ever recorded of the variation in gravity across the Earth have been unveiled at an international conference at the Technische Universitat in Munich, Germany.
Monday, 4 April 2011
Renewable petroleum to the rescue
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have taken a step closer to making a renewable hydrocarbon fuel.
Thursday, 31 March 2011
Metamaterials for superheroes
The invisibility cloaks of comic books may not be all that far-fetched according to a paper recently published in the journal Nature. Their origins lie with the 19th Centrury physicist James Clerk Maxwell.
Thursday, 24 March 2011
Polymer failure
Researchers at Duke University in the United States have shown for the first time how soft polymers can break down when exposed to high electric fields.
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Organic monitors
A completely organic series of compounds are being developed to make display screens cheaper, more efficient and more flexible.
Friday, 11 March 2011
Last flight of Discovery
NASA’s workhorse, ambassador, scientist and equal opportunity emissary the Space Shuttle Discovery today completes its final mission.
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
Avoiding stereotypes
Researchers from the University of Michigan have developed a method that uses novel organic catalysts to produce pure chiral products...
Monday, 7 March 2011
World-leading computer vision techniques used to create giant sculpture
Software developed by a team of engineers from the University of Cambridge has been used by the artist Antony Gormley to create a 60-tonne monumental sculpture.
Sunday, 6 March 2011
Spacecraft that think for themselves
Scientists at the University of Southampton have developed a new control system for spacecraft, allowing them to make decisions more independently than ever before using artificially intelligent ‘sysbrains’ ((http://www.sesnet.soton.ac.uk/people/smv/avs_lab/index.htm)).
Saturday, 26 February 2011
Twirly-whirly electrons
Transmission electron microscopes (TEM) are used to study and image a wide variety of materials due to their sub-nanometre resolving power. In a TEM electrons are shot through an object and adsorption, deflection and energy loss of the electrons is measured.
Saturday, 19 February 2011
Deep space monitored by world’s largest telescope
Giant radio telescopes in the Netherlands, France, Germany and the United Kingdom have been used together for the first time...
Saturday, 5 February 2011
Away from the Bench: In the Driving Seat
Rosie Robison recounts her experience working at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
Saturday, 29 January 2011
Technology: Mind Games
Tom Ash looks into the development of computer systems that can receive commands directly from the brain
Saturday, 29 January 2011
Feature: Climbing Space
Mark Nicholson discusses the science behind the fiction of the space elevator
Saturday, 29 January 2011
Feature: The Blue Screen of Death
Wing Yung Chan traces the imperfect path to the perfect program
Saturday, 29 January 2011
Tsunami warning systems
Six years have passed since the Boxing Day tsunami disaster which claimed 5,400 victims and devastated coastlines of Thailand, Indian,...
Sunday, 23 January 2011
BlueSciFilm: Insights into human motor control
Our very own BlueSciFilm interview Daniel Wolpert, Professor of Engineering at Cambridge University, about humans, robots and motor control.
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
FIT incentives and free solar panels
Feed-In Tariffs (FITs) were introduced in April 2010 to encourage homeowners to generate their own electricity. Technologies such as solar...
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
POSTS FROM 2010
90GB of data stored in 1g of bacteria
Researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong have succeeded in demonstrating data storage and encryption with bacteria.
Monday, 13 December 2010
One step closer to nano-machines
A team of scientists, led by Johannes Barth at TU Muenchen, have succeeded in the self-assembly of rod-shaped molecules to form nano-rotors within a honeycomb structure.
Sunday, 12 December 2010
Technology: Ready to Go Paperless?
Wing Ying Chow investigates the advantages of electronic lab notebooks
Tuesday, 9 November 2010
Away from the Bench: Are You Receiving Me?
Sarah Leigh-Brown travels to London to see how the BBC produces the science radio programme Material World
Sunday, 7 November 2010
On the origin of complexity
Theoretical models have suggested that complexity comes with a cost, and the simplest organisms are the best at adapting to their environment. How then, have the most complex plants and animals evolved?
Friday, 8 October 2010
Quarks: strange, colourful and now, apparently, dancing randomly
The world of quarks is a bizarre one. Seemingly everyday words are employed to provide tangible names for otherwise abstract...
Friday, 8 October 2010
New mathematical model to aid biodiversity conservation
A new theory of species diversity has been developed that predicts the number of species in an ecological community by mathematically accounting for the interdependent properties of individual species as well as those of the environment.
Thursday, 30 September 2010
A break-down in communications
Climate change. Nuclear power. GM crops. Vaccines. Why is it that the general public is so often divided on issues that scientific experts largely agree on?
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Sun + Plastic Sheet = Energy
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a major improvement for organic solar cells, reporting their results in the...
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
The passion and profession of Richard Ernst
On Wednesday 7 July, an audience of over a thousand scientists gathered to hear Nobel laureate Richard Ernst talk about the scientific investigations on Tibetian religious paintings known as thangkas.
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
How nature's colours could cut bank fraud
Scientists have discovered a way of mimicking the stunningly bright and beautiful colours found on the wings of tropical butterflies. The findings could have important applications in the security printing industry, helping to make bank notes and credit cards harder to forge.
Monday, 31 May 2010
Silk is the secret to honeycomb strength
Engineers from China and Cardiff have uncovered the microscopic structure of honeycomb, which is responsible for its impressive mechanical properties...
Thursday, 20 May 2010
Bio-Gels for Drug Delivery
Scientists at Ajou University in South Korea have designed a material that forms a gel in vivo and releases protein...
Monday, 10 May 2010
Superhydrophobic fern gives clue to help ships economise on fuel
Researchers from Bonn, Rostoc and Karlsruhe have deciphered how the water fern Salvinia molesta manages to keep its super hydrophobic...
Friday, 7 May 2010
Elegant Folding of Pollen Grains
The structures adopted by pollen grains as they dry out have been analysed and modelled by a team of physicists...
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Name That Audio File
Engineers at the University of Jaen have developed a system that can automatically identify the musical notes in an audio...
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Technology: Lighting Up Disease
Lindsey Nield sheds light on the uses of biomarkers
Monday, 3 May 2010
History: Increasing the Yield
Alex Jenkin looks at the past, present and future of agriculture
Monday, 3 May 2010
Arts & Reviews: Movements Frozen in Time
Swetha Suresh examines a unique juxtaposition of science and art that reveals the intricacies of movement
Monday, 3 May 2010
Perspective: Funding in Crisis?
Gemma Thornton gives her perspective on the future of scientific funding
Monday, 3 May 2010
Focus: Lasers - Guiding us into the Future
BlueSci looks at how this physicist’s toy has become the tool of choice in so many areas of life and how they may play a vital role in solving the impending energy crisis.
Monday, 3 May 2010
Feature: In Search of the $1000 Genome
Elizabeth Batty outlines the race for cheaper genome sequencing
Monday, 3 May 2010
Technology: Computing in the Cloud
Fernando Ramos looks to the future of web technology
Monday, 4 January 2010
Feature: Teaching Computers to Speak
Anja Komatar examines the process of combining machine systems and human-like language
Monday, 4 January 2010
Feature: The Perfect Conductor
Jack Gillett discusses the current uses and potential of superconductivity
Monday, 4 January 2010
Pavilion: Issue 17
In chemistry, highly complex behaviour can follow from a number of simple rules. Drawings can be made by looking at the ways of developing complex, and profound, patterns from simple structures and techniques.
Monday, 4 January 2010
POSTS FROM 2009
Spying on catalysts
A new method for measuring catalytic activity has been developed using nanoparticles ((E. M. Larsson et al., “Nanoplasmonic Probes of Catalytic Reactions,” Science 326, no. 5956 (2009): 1091-1094.)).
Friday, 30 October 2009
Technology: Robotic Scientists
Rose Spear meets Adam, the first of a new generation of electronic scientists.
Thursday, 1 October 2009
A Day in the Life of: The Great Beyond
Chris Adriaanse and Sonia Aguera talk to Jim Bagian about becoming an astronaut.
Thursday, 1 October 2009
Focus: The Manhattan Project
As the UK government continues discussion on the renewal of Trident, our missile-based nuclear weapons arsenal, Bluesci looks back on the only two bombs ever to be used in war and Britain’s role as a nuclear power.
Thursday, 1 October 2009
Feature: A Revolution in Substance
Nicholas Gibbons explains how metamaterials can reveal what we can’t see and make what we can see invisible.
Thursday, 1 October 2009
Feature: Seeing the Invisible
Bárbara Ferreira tackles the misconception surrounding black holes and describes how scientists can ‘see’ them.
Thursday, 1 October 2009
POSTS FROM 2007
Nanotubes made easier
A new process for manufacturing carbon nanotubes could lead to their widespread use in applications such as body armour
Friday, 26 October 2007
Scientists come one step closer to achieving invisibility
A computer model shows how still objects can be made invisible by bending light without diffraction
Friday, 11 May 2007
POSTS FROM 2006
Alternative Energy Poised for Take-off
Speakers from academia and industry argued that alternative energy sources such as wind power are now commercially viable, or very...
Friday, 6 October 2006
Building With Biology
In the summer of 2005 we worked within a team of Cambridge undergraduates to produce the UK’s first entry for the annual International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition
Sunday, 21 May 2006
Dude, Where's My Phone?
Ramsey Faragher pin-points the latest innovation in mobile phone technology
Sunday, 21 May 2006
POSTS FROM 2001
Pioneering colour photography from Russia
Pioneering colour photography from Russia
Monday, 7 May 2001
POSTS FROM 2000
The Internet: Past, present and future
Centred around the talk by Dr. Vinton Cerf (inventor of TCP/IP which is the basic technology of the Net), this is an account of the development of the Internet from its experimental military roots, through its present popularity and commercialism, to the space age
Wednesday, 6 December 2000
Seven new Top Level Domains (TLD's) have been decided
ICANN have finally made a decision on the next 7 Top Level Domain names (TLD's) and the uses for them...
Saturday, 18 November 2000
How to avoid online fraud
I want to understand more about online security. I want to know about the best systems and how they work,...
Wednesday, 1 November 2000
Microsoft's network cracked
On Wednesday 25 October, Microsoft found its network had been attacked by crackers who had managed to read the source code of a new piece of software
Tuesday, 31 October 2000
Open Source software: the true alternative in computing, featuring Linux
The open source model, promoted by a geek community since the dawn of computing, is finally going mainstream to revolutionize the software industry. What does it mean, and how did it all happen?
Friday, 27 October 2000
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