For a long time, insulin injections have simply been a fact of life for people – including babies – suffering from neonatal diabetes. But a new 10-year study has now shown tablets to be just as effective, with recipients hailing the new approach as a "miracle treatment."
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An important arm of exoplanet research involves the study of the atmospheres that surround these distant worlds. The molecules they hold can reveal valuable insights into what kind conditions can be found there – along with ones that cannot.
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An international team of astronomers has made the first-ever detection of helium in the atmosphere of an extrasolar world. The new technique used to make the discovery could pave the way for scientists hoping to reveal the atmospheres of distant Earth-sized exoplanets.
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Using the power of the sun to split water and produce hydrogen fuel is one of the most promising clean energy technologies being pursued. Now researchers at the University of Exeter have created a semiconductor material that should help make it viable.
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Graphene, the "wonder material" composed of a one-atom-thick sheet of linked carbon atoms, is the world's strongest manmade material. Now, scientists have used it to create a new type of concrete that is much stronger, water-resistant and eco-friendly than what we're used to.
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Water is not only a key ingredient in supporting life, it's also a major clue as to how planets form, and NASA has found a lot of the stuff in the atmosphere of a giant exoplanet called Wasp-39b. It's as massive as Saturn but has three times as much water as the famous ringed planet.
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Voyager 1 has already racked up an impressive resume to which can be added songwriter. Using data from the unmanned spacecraft, Dr Domenico Vicinanza and Dr Genevieve Williams have created a musical composition to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the pathfinding mission.
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Scientists surveying the state of the world's periglacial zones report that the days for such regions may be numbered. The team now expects climate change to severely diminish these cold regions by halfway through the century, no matter what course of action we take in the meantime.
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Buildings have a lot of surface area that's exposed to sunlight, so why just stop at rooftop solar panels? Thanks to research being carried out at the University of Exeter, we may soon have the option of replacing opaque exterior walls with solar glass blocks.
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Using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of scientists led by the University of Exeter has found that the upper atmosphere of exoplanet WASP-121b is as hot as boiling iron, indicating that it has a stratosphere similar to Earth.
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