A team of researchers is turning to naturally occurring fungi to drive an environmentally-friendly recycling process to extract cobalt and lithium from tons of waste batteries

Navigation system for those who cannot see

23 Aug 2016

Scientists combine satellite data and machine learning to map poverty

22 Aug 2016

New study challenges assumption of asbestos' ability to move in soil

22 Aug 2016

User-friendly language for programming efficient simulations

20 Aug 2016

New programming language can speed up computer simulations 200-fold or reduce the code they require by 90 per cent

Spider silk: Mother Nature's bio-superlens

20 Aug 2016

Computer sers ignore software security warnings up to 90% of the time

19 Aug 2016

Interscatter enables first implanted devices, contact lenses, credit cards to 'talk' WiFi

19 Aug 2016

Helping make hydro power cheaper, more fish-friendly

19 Aug 2016

At last, a phone battery that lasts longer – much longer

19 Aug 2016

A miniaturized sensor that can measure chemistry on a chip

19 Aug 2016

Banana extinction threat overrated, says Australian expert

18 Aug 2016

Scientists battling to save bananas from extinction in just 5-10 years

18 Aug 2016

The ubiquitous banana – one of the world’s top five staple foods – could become extinctinct in just five to 10 years due to fast-advancing fungal diseases, scientists have warned