University of Hertfordshire

Bacteria often get a bad rap, but in many cases they’re helpful little critters. Engineers have now developed a protective coating for buildings that’s loaded with bacteria, which absorb CO2 to produce a barrier against erosion by the elements.

In an astronomical​ astronomical discovery, scientists have identified what's believed to be the widest known planetary system. The huge is in a 900,000-year orbit at an incredible distance of 1 trillion km from its parent star.

Scientists at the University of Hertfordshire have developed what they say is the world’s first portable, real-time airborne asbestos detector.