Doctorate with a difference

As centres for doctoral training spring up across the country, the PhD as we know it is undergoing a transformation…

Bottling Britain’s wind energy

To go green, the UK will need to make the most of wind power. Teams of engineers are racing to…

Computing jobs needn’t mean sitting silently in a dark room. A degree in computer science can lead to some of…

Beneath he translucent gold vein-like structure lies what looks like the eye of Smaug. But this is no dragon’s eye.…

Dogs have personalities, as any loving owner will attest. Now a preliminary study that used GPS to track a small…

It looks like a snap from Hubble’s cosmic collection. But this iridescent storm isn’t whirling on an alien planet – it…

“Before the op, I would look at someone and all I could see for their face was blancmange,” says Jonathan…

Researchers tracking bees in Australia have added an surprising skill to their résumés: bee barber. A team from the Australian…

It begins life in a calm, safe pond at the top of a waterfall. But in the volcanic Hawaiian Islands,…

If you’ve ever wondered why helicopters make the noise they do, this photo has the answer. For the first time,…