Beresheet: first privately-funded mission crashes on moon, but its significance is huge
It came so close. It even took a selfie. But with only a few kilometres left to descend, something went wrong and the spacecraft Beresheet veered out of control, taking...
Case Study – How Frugal Engineering helped solve water distribution in Villa Gonzalo
This week we take a look at a crowdsourcing engineering success story with a social goal. Frugal Engineering has emerged as a way to adapt existing products and make them...
Are we about to figure out one of physics’ biggest mysteries – why there’s more matter than antimatter?
A new CERN Study sheds light on one of physics' biggest mysteries – why there's more matter than antimatter. Why do we exist? This is arguably the most profound question...
Scientists reactivate 28,000-year-old woolly mammoth cells
A team of Russian and Japanese scientists have managed to reawakened cells from a 28,000-year-old woolly mammoth. The team released their findings in a study published Monday in Scientific Reports....
Meet the Bacteria That Eat Pollution and Breathe Electricity
A team of Scientists from Washington State University (WSU) have found a type of Bacteria which eats pollution and 'breathes' electricity Fissure Group, Heart Lake Geyser Basin The team pioneered...
New carbon capture technique turns CO2 ‘back into coal’
A team of Australia scientists have used a new technique to turn CO2 back into solid “coal”. The breakthrough method could potentially help remove existing greenhouse gas from our atmosphere....