An impressive four species of rare bats have been found in a forest in Wiltshire during radio tracking surveys in a forest. The survey was carried out by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and the Cotswold Water Park (CWP) Society, and means a significant step forward in the study of bats in the UK. For more information, […]

A toxic waste spill in Hungary that began with mud bursting out of a reservoir on Monday has reached the River Danube, wiping out entire fish populations and killing four people, as well as injuring at least one hundred more. The toxic red sludge is from an industrial plant in Hungary, and has led to […]

Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov have been awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize for Physics on account of their groundbreaking research on Graphene.                                                                                          The two men, who study at the University of Manchester, were awarded the Nobel Prize for discovering the material Graphine, a thin sheet of carbon atoms that has extraordinary properties. Graphine is completely […]

The drill that is to rescue miners in Chile who have been trapped underground for over two months has nearly completed the project, and the tunnel is expected to be operational soon. Although there have been delays caused by the risk of tunnels collapsing, the T-130 drill has little more than 100m left to drill […]