New device speeds up evaporation to desalinate water.

A team of Chinese researchers have announced an efficient solar-powered desalination technique that directly uses the...

New shoe technology can drop marathon times by 2 minutes.

The right shoes could help athletes reduces their race times. A team, led by Stéphane Bermon of World Athletics, M...

Shape and orientation are key.

If you put your hand into a bag of mixed nuts or cereal, you might notice that the big bits are at the top. Why does ...

Cheap, multi-well device for brain development research.

A group of researchers has grown small, self-organising blobs of brain tissue in multi-welled dishes to observe in re...

Innovative new prosthetic fin approved for trial on real, threatened turtles.

A New Zealand researcher’s innovative new design for a prosthetic turtle fin could help rehabilitate injured sea turt...

Tech companies launch an alliance for circular electronics.

Top tech companies including Google, Microsoft and Dell have released a vision for a circular economy for electronics...

The race for better battery power has caused a “white gold” rush on lithium.

by Richard A Lovett As the climate warms, sea levels rise and droughts, heatwaves and bushfires multiply, the need...

Recycled polyethylene: a new-look fabric that’s not a planet killer.

How cool would it be to transform plastic bag waste into clothing, tackling two unsustainability issues in one? Until...

A solar cell mounted on the light actuated material can move and track a light source without wires, gears or motors....

Scientists call for rigorous analysis of under-tested chemicals used to make buildings “green”.

Since industrialisation, chemicals have been rolled out without sufficient testing, resulting in dire consequences fo...

Stray science stories from last week to cheer up your Monday.

Body battery Engineers from the University of Colorado, Boulder, US, have created a wearable device that can draw ...

From sticking plasters to wearable tech, functional materials are all around us.

Engineer Madhu Bhaskaran co-leads the Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group at RMIT University, Melbou...