Science Features

Almost 70% of the energy produced by a car engine is lost, mostly in the form of heat that exits along the exhaust pipe...

Academic pursuit in the search for greater knowledge has always had an uneasy relationship with business. Should...

In September 2010, the BBC reported an “Urgent call on EU to stop billion-euro 'alien invasion'”. But for...

So much sound and fury over the Higgs Boson, signifying what?

What do you do when you have freckles...um...down below? The discovery of a crop of pigmented spots on a sensitive body...

Disruption of the nitrogen cycle can wreak havoc on ocean ecosystems for which oxygen is in short supply. Robin...

Everyone can contribute to the work of scientists. Harriet Dickinson explains how you can get involved, and why Science...

Dating codes are placed on food to indicate the food is safe to eat before this date. But how are these dates decided,...

The inside of a modern aircraft jet engine is a harsh and complex environment, but the drive for ever more powerful and...

It’s pretty easy to get lost when you venture deep into the Jungle of Lambusango on the Isle of Buton, just off the...

Barnacles and mussels have an intimate relationship, but are they welcome house guests or uninvited squatters?

Nitrogen is the element limiting the amount of life on earth. Until 100 years ago the amount was fixed, cycling though...

Leukaemia is a deadly cancer of the blood affecting over 250,000 people every year, many of which are children. It isn...

Rare genetic mutations have been known to abolish pain, or to cause permanent agony. But what if subtle differences in...

CSI has come to Swansea. But rather than solving murders, for a team at the University's Technology Centre (UTC)...

In 2009, the synthetic stimulant mephedrone became a hugely popular recreational drug for young people in the UK while...

Imagine a shoal of fish 15 kilometres long, 3.5 kilometres wide and 40 metres deep...

Countless atomic recipes and crystal arrangements mean there are literally trillions of possible materials that could...

Spinning hundreds of times per second and carrying a load equivalent to the weight of a family car, often at...

The seabed is surprisingly clean considering the amount of waste, both natural and man-made, that gets dumped in the...

In Lewis Carroll’s "Through the Looking-Glass", The Red Queen tells Alice that she has to run as quickly as...

Microbial warfare is constantly happening all around us, and often humans can reap the benefits if the right bacteria...

Southern right whales live in the southern oceans that surround Antarctica. In the winter, they move north, settling in...

The digital world is all around us, and is becoming evermore layered and integrated into our lives. Technology,...