Seven months after its scientists made a landmark discovery that may explain the mysteries of mass, Europe’s top physics lab will take a break from smashing invisible particles to recharge for the next leap into the unknown.
If an asteroid was on path for a collision, what could we do? Here are some of the proposals – both the sensible ones and the wild.
Research into the wonder material graphene and the neurochemistry of the human brain will receive up to two billion euros in funding, the biggest research award of its kind in history.
The health properties of red wine have long been debated but an Australian biochemist believes he has created a drop so loaded with antioxidants that it could treat a range of ills.
From suicidal robots to genetically engineered athletes on the run, these are the most popular stories from COSMOS Online’s weekly science fiction.
An advanced robot hand has been created that offers far more accurate and natural movements than any previous prosthetic limbs, Pentagon-backed scientists announced.
An unmanned marine robot has completed the longest journey of an autonomous vehicle, travelling 16,668km (9,000 nautical miles) across the Pacific Ocean to collect and transmit scientific data.
The particle announced at CERN in July is either the very last piece of the Standard Model, or the first particle of something new and entirely bizarre.
Can we really shift the world completely away from fossil fuels in the next 20 years? A brave band of scientists, engineers and young people believe so. Wilson da Silva watched them develop this bold new blueprint for the future of energy.
Solar energy and wind energy technology is well known and has been around for decades. The major barrier to implementation, however, has been storing that energy.
