Nuclear fission generates over 25 per cent of the electrical power in the UK. In France this proportion is greater than 70 per cent. Throughout the world there are 31 countries operating about 440 civil nuclear power systems to generate electricity.
Heavy metals occur naturally in small quantities in soil, but human activity has raised these to exceptionally high levels at many polluted land and water sites. A collaborative project between the Interface Analysis Centre and researchers at Rothamsted Research has found a novel solution to the problem.
A Neptune-sized planet denser than steel has been discovered by an international team of astronomers, who believe its composition could be the result of a giant planetary clash.
Our approach to dealing with data has essentially remained unchanged for the past 25 centuries ...
A pioneering study has shed new light on North African humid periods that have occurred over the past 800,000 years and explains why the Sahara Desert was periodically green.
Despite the small numbers of women in engineering, they do still have successful careers.
A gene in the brain driving anxiety symptoms has been identified by an international team of scientists. Critically, modification of the gene is shown to reduce anxiety levels, offering an exciting novel drug target for anxiety disorders. The discovery, led by researchers at the Universities of Bristol and Exeter, is published online today [25 April] in Nature Communications.
The previously hidden and diverse underwater acoustic world in British ponds has been revealed by a team of researchers at the University of Bristol.
Ancestors of modern mammals evolved into one of the most successful animal lineages by starting out small and simple, researchers have found.
Emissions from soil of the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide can be drastically reduced just by adding carbon-rich manure, new research from Rothamsted Research and the University of Bristol shows.
