Researchers at Purdue University are the first to precisely measure the forces required to peel tiny nanotubes off of other materials, opening up the possibility of creating standards for nano-manufacturing and harnessing a gecko's ability to walk up wall

In a paper published in Geophysical Journal International, Dr Graeme Eagles from the Earth Sciences Department at Royal Holloway, University of London, reveals how one of the largest continents ever to exist met its demise.

The Pentagon is trying to find out if chip makers are building electronic trapdoors in key military hardware.

Quantum cryptography may be essentially solved, but getting the funky physics to work on disciplined computer networks is a whole new headache.