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Researchers put detectors deep underground to shield them from cosmic rays and background radiation.

The efficiency of organic solar cells is catching up with traditional solar cells and they can convert about 20 percent of the sun's rays into electricity.

But some of ray spiders’ favorite delicacies, mosquitoes, can escape other spiders’ webs by rapidly flying backward after they touch the silk.

A team of researchers has beaten its own record for the fastest swimming soft robot, drawing inspiration from manta rays to improve their ability to control the robot's movement in the water.

As night fell on Wednesday the truce appeared to be holding, with UN chief Antonio Guterres describing it as the “first ray of hope for peace amid the darkness of the past months”.