Millions of tons of methane stored beneath the Arctic seabed is bubbling up to the surface and being released into the atmosphere as the region warms up and the ice retreats, scientists have said.
The gas is said to be 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide and scientists have warned that it could accelerate global warming. for more click here
Three decades after it was conceived, the world’s most powerful physics experiment has sent the first beam around its 27km-long tunnel.
Engineers cheered as the proton particles completed their first circuit of the underground ring which houses the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). for more click here
Millions of cancer sufferers were given fresh hope last night after a breakthrough discovery that could block almost all forms of the disease. for more click here
A UK-built solar-powered plane has set an unofficial world endurance record for a flight by an unmanned aircraft.
The Zephyr-6, as it is known, stayed aloft for more than three days, running through the night on batteries it had recharged in sunlight.
The flight was a demonstration for the US military, which is looking for new types of technology to support its troops on the ground. for more click here
British doctors have carried out the world’s first operation using a robot to repair a condition that kills 7,000 people a year. for more click here
Prince Charles must prove his claim that GM crops could cause a global environmental disaster, Environment Minister Phil Woolas has challenged.
In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, the minister said it is now down to the opponents of genetically modified food to prove it is unsafe. for more click here
This amazing image reveals what our world looks like when it is stripped bare – shorn of all its plants, soils, water and man-made structures.
This, and other never-seen-before images of the Earth, were unveiled at One Geology – the world’s biggest ever geological mapping project.
The project hopes to do for the ground beneath our feet what Google has done for the Earth’s surface with its Google Maps, Earth and Street utilities. for more click here
AN Edinburgh scientist is nearing a breakthrough that will revolutionise the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis and change the lives of generations of future sufferers.
Edinburgh University’s Professor Charles ffrench-Constant, whose work has largely been funded with £2 million from the author JK Rowling, below, is working on a way of using stem cells to halt the deterioration of sufferers. for more click here
Internet security researchers warned that hackers have caught on to a “critical” flaw that lets them control traffic on the internet.
An elite squad of computer industry engineers that labored in secret to solve the problem released a software “patch” two weeks ago and sought to keep details of the vulnerability hidden for at least a month to give people time to protect computers from attacks. for more click here
A design flaw in Britain’s nuclear arsenal means that warheads could set off a chain reaction “like popcorn” if they were accidentally dropped, according to Ministry of Defence documents.
More than 1,700 warheads are affected by the problem which would cause them to explode one after another, an effect known as “popcorning.” for more click here