South Africa’s rural wastewater treatment plants release polluted water if they aren’t maintained properly. Microalgae that purify the water could be a solution.

New research has found that a key component of valuable supercapacitor energy storage devices can be made with waste peel from the mangosteen fruit.

Dominic Wyse, Professor of Early Childhood and Primary Education, UCL Education shouldn’t be a passive experience, with children simply absorbing the knowledge teachers pass on to them. Research shows ...

British farmers and food safety campaigners have been sounding the alarm over the recent deal struck between the UK and US.

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Samuel Adomako, Associate Professor of Strategy and Innovation, University of Birmingham The decades-long Chagos islands dispute has finally entered a new chapter. The UK officially agreed to return ...

Fostering children’s love of literacy is an accessible and practical way for families to be involved in the process of their early literacy development.

Two scientists who study how plants burn explain.

The losses include millions of dollars the NIH has already spent on research that will no longer generate results, and the next generation of scientists whose work has been cut short.

Even the best batteries fall far short of animal metabolism for energy storage. Fueling robots with ‘food’ could narrow the gap.

At The Conversation, we are big believers in the health benefits of being near the sea. In fact, we have a whole series dedicated to how our health is intrinsically linked with that of the ocean, ...

As AI becomes widely adopted, will the same happen to original thinking?