Ellsworth Mountains, on transit to Subglacial Lake Ellsworth, December 2012. Credit: Peter Bucktrout, British Antarctic Survey Lakes underneath the Antarctic ice sheet could be more…
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Quadruple-helix DNA structure. Credit: Imperial College London New probes allow scientists to see four-stranded DNA interacting with molecules inside living human cells, unraveling its role…
Sea level could rise higher than current estimates by 2100 if climate change is unchallenged, according to a new assessment. Its authors say understanding the…
The gas cell used as a plasma source. The laser arrives from the right of these images through the metal cone and enters the little…
Credit: Imperial College London The chip, developed at Imperial College London and known as TriSilix, is a ‘micro laboratory’ which performs a miniature version of…
Smoke rises from a fire burning deep in peat soils. Credit: Chris Lowie/USFWS Imperial College London researchers have simulated for the first time how soil…
Anna Rood standing next to a tall, slender precariously balanced rock in Southern California. Cosmogenic surface exposure dating samples have been collected to determine its…
Mold regrown from Fleming’s frozen sample. Credit: CABI Researchers have sequenced the genome of Alexander Fleming’s penicillin mold for the first time and compared it…
The blue circular CovidNudge cartridge inside the NudgeBox analyzer. Credit: Thomas Angus/Imperial College London A 90-minute COVID-19 test has been shown to have over 94…
Reconstructed image of the fracture zone. Credit: Hicks et al. Scientists observed a ‘boomerang’ earthquake along Atlantic Ocean fault line, providing clues about how they…
The latest round of offshore wind farms to be built in the UK could reduce household energy bills by producing electricity very cheaply. Renewable energy…
Illustration of quadruple helix DNA (green) forming. Credit: Ella Maru Studio The formation of four-stranded DNA has been tracked in living human cells, allowing scientists…
Locations of the 268 global seismic stations with usable data (e.g. no long data gaps, working sensors) that were analyzed. Lockdown effects are observed (red)…
C. Jejuni cell bodies (red) and flagella (green). Credit: Eli Cohen / Imperial College London Researchers have solved the mystery of why a species of…
Modeling of the Chicxulub asteroid impact 66 million years ago shows it created a world largely unsuitable for dinosaurs to live in. The asteroid, which…
Original artwork depicting the moment the asteroid struck in present-day Mexico. Credit: Chase Stone New simulations from Imperial College London have revealed the asteroid that…
Shute Creek Gas Facility in Wyoming, USA, captures CO2 from gas streams. Credit: ExxonMobil The capture and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) underground is one…
Illustration of the Antarctic rainforest. Credit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut/James McKay Researchers have found evidence of rainforests near the South Pole 90 million years ago, suggesting the climate…
Credit: Imperial College London The Imperial College London and UCL researchers say their proof-of-concept study, published today (March 6, 2020) in npj Digital Medicine, paves…
Bumblebee foraging on a flower. Credit: Tara Cox / Imperial College London Pesticides can impair brain growth in baby bumblebees, affecting their ability to perform…