The MS Tûranor PlanetSolar, the largest solar boat in the world, continues her U.S. tour, and reached yesterday the New York City. As part of the “PlanetSolar DeepWater” scientific expedition carried out by the University …

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered a previously undetected layer in the cornea, the clear window at the front of the human eye.The breakthrough, announced in a study published in the academic journal …

Water Discus Hotels comprise two discs – an underwater and above-water one. This combination will allow guests to admire the depths of the ocean while making the most of the warm climate.The two parts of …

Sexual selection in the sea. Biologists have gained new insights into how the male sexual behaviour of the peculiar southern bottletail squid is primed to produce the greatest number of offspring. Recent studies published in …

More than a third of marriages between 2005 and 2012 began online, according to new research at the University of Chicago, which also found that online couples have happier, longer marriages. Although the study did …

…on the Gulf Stream. Having left St. Martin (French West Indies) on May 23, the catamaran reached her first 2013 American stopover on June 1 after 9 days of solar navigation in weather conditions below …

It is a commonly held perception that getting in shape and staying there requires hard work and hours upon hours of training. New research shows the opposite – it seems that only four minutes of …

An avatar system that enables people with schizophrenia to control the voice of their hallucinations is being developed by researchers at UCL with support from the Wellcome Trust. The computer-based system could provide quick and …

The carcass of a female mammoth found on Maliy Lyakhovsky Island by the expedition of North-Eastern Federal University, gave a food for reflection of scientific community. The uniqueness of the malolyakhovsky mammoth is that it was …

First polar bear born in the tropics back with new neighbours, the raccoon dogs and wolverines. The first polar bear born in the tropics, Singapore Zoo’s very own Inuka, moved into his new Frozen Tundra home today during …

Most people only think about drinking water when they are thirsty; but by then it may already be too late.Even mild dehydration can alter a person’s mood, energy level, and ability to think clearly, according …

Location on the body surface determines fungal composition with the greatest diversity on feet. While humans have harnessed the power of yeast to ferment bread and beer, the function of yeast or other types of …

Experts in Bonn to detail how science can help people mitigate or adapt to major global human-induced water system changes. A suite of disquieting global phenomena have given rise to the “Anthropocene,” a term coined …

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most detailed observations ever of the Ring Nebula (Messier 57). This image reveals intricate structure only hinted at in previous observations, and has allowed scientists to construct …

Britons who are sleeping in a blue decorated bedroom are regularly getting the best night’s sleep according to a new sleep study out today. On average people sleeping in a blue room are getting seven …

Powerful Midwest Storm System.This animation of imagery from NOAA’s GOES-13 satellite shows the movement of storm systems in the south central United States on May 20, 2013. Warm, moist gulf air flowing across Texas, Oklahoma, …

European team led by EPFL unveils programmable miniature artificial compound eye. While consumer cameras are inspired from the single-lens mammalian eye, most animal species use compound eyes, which consist of a dense mosaic of tiny eyes. …

A weak electrical signal can boost people’s powers of mental arithmetic over a period of months, suggests a small scale study at the University of Oxford.The technique involves placing electrodes on the scalp of the …