What is quantum computing and why does the future of Earth depend on it?

Computing power is reaching a crisis point. If we continue to follow a trend in place since computers were introduced, … More

This gecko-inspired robot could finally help us clean up space

The vacuum of space around Earth is not as desolate as you might think. Around 500,000 pieces of human-made debris orbit our … More

A light one billion times brighter than the surface of the Sun has now been created in a lab, making it the … More

With the potential to provide almost limitless energy, free of any radioactive by-product or greenhouse gases, nuclear fusion is the goal many … More

A company hoping to send people’s ashes into space has announced its next mission will be on board a SpaceX … More

For thousands of years, one tiny part of the world had remained shielded from human eyes, until a few years … More

With financial regulation constantly changing, banks and financial institutions are under constant pressure to keep up to speed with the … More

Despite various breakthroughs in battery technology, we still rely on tried-and-tested Li-ion, mainly because it’s cheap. In the hunt for … More

Last month, the UK triggered Article 50, marking the start of our two-year divorce proceedings from the European Union. Since … More

Physicists have come a step closer in the search for a mysterious type of radioactive decay, thought almost impossible to … More