Does sitting down on sofas give you cancer?
People who spend more time sitting are more at risk of getting cancer than people who don’t, a new study reveals.
Making light of the matter
Philippa Skett talks to the researchers behind turning light into electrons
London pollution linked to heart complications
Mimi Li on the dangers of living in a polluted city.
Alien DNA: when six bases are better than four
Are six bases better than four? Scientists at The Scripps Institute Florida, can boast that they have changed the secret of life; they have invented an extension to our DNA.
A cast-iron case for climate sceptics
Philippa Skett on the ice caps leaking iron into the ocean
Wait... are people actually starting to enjoy science?
Philippa Skett reviews Imperial Festival and the wider public engagement movement
Reseachers produce an even greener solar cell
A new solar cell is being pioneered by researchers at the Northwestern University, USA. Rather than using lead perovskite as the conductor to harvest light, the research team developed cells which utilise tin.
On the hunt for young blood
Matilda Hays discusses the anti-aging properties of transfusions for mice
Boosting your brainpower?
Utsav Radia discusses new research on study drugs, and the problems they pose
You can’t teach an old virus new tricks
James Bezer on the giant virus that is still infectious despite its age
Epigenetics implicated in type 2 diabetes
Epigenetic differences are being found in an almost-unlimited number of diseases: cancer, epilepsy, arthritis, obesity. A recent paper published in PLoS Genetics has now found that epigenetic changes may influence how susceptible one is to type 2 diabetes.
Scientists Discover Dwarf Planet
The newly discovered dwarf planet 2012 VP113 was discovered by astronomers at the Carnegie Institution of Science, Washington last week.