Telescopes and space missions Research update GRAIL mission peers beneath the Moon’s fractured surface Map of lunar gravity sheds light on early solar system Read article: GRAIL mission peers beneath the Moon’s fractured surface
Planetary science Research update How Earth’s wandering poles return home Combination of two mechanisms bring poles back to original location Read article: How Earth’s wandering poles return home
Philosophy, sociology and religion Research update Guilty verdict for Italian earthquake scientists Committee issued false reassurances, says court Read article: Guilty verdict for Italian earthquake scientists
Telescopes and space missions Research update Solar wind most likely source of water on the Moon Lunar water reserve could even be used as rocket fuel Read article: Solar wind most likely source of water on the Moon
Telescopes and space missions Research update Meteorite points to asteroid Vesta’s dynamo Magnetic field could shield Vesta from solar wind Read article: Meteorite points to asteroid Vesta’s dynamo
Soft matter and liquids Research update Slow-cooling super Earths could lack life Studying how the interiors of expolanet varies with time is essential to knowing if they harbour life Read article: Slow-cooling super Earths could lack life
Renewables Video What is carbon capture and storage? James Verdon explains the principle of trapping carbon dioxide in rocks Read article: What is carbon capture and storage?
Planetary science Research update Geologist claims to have found plate tectonics on Mars "Strike-strip" fault points towards large-scale movements Read article: Geologist claims to have found plate tectonics on Mars
Renewables Video What is fracking? James Verdon describes how to squeeze out hard-to-reach shale gas Read article: What is fracking?
Metrology Research update Giant carbon-capturing funnels discovered in Southern Ocean Five 1000 km-wide carbon-sink zones identified Read article: Giant carbon-capturing funnels discovered in Southern Ocean