Extra-hard hexagonal diamonds can now be grown in a lab 30. July 2025 (18:00) Hexagonal diamond up to 60 per cent stronger than normal diamonds could be used to create super-tough drilling and cutting tools for industrial applications(New Scientist)
Ancient pots found near Pompeii contain 2500-year-old honey 30. July 2025 (15:00) A mysterious residue inside a set of ancient Greek pots from Paestum, Italy, has now been identified as honey thanks to modern chemical analysis(New Scientist)
Meltwater bursts through Greenland ice in first-of-a-kind eruption 30. July 2025 (12:00) Satellite images reveal how a subglacial lake erupted through the Greenland ice sheet – a phenomenon never witnessed before which could be driven by rising temperatures(New Scientist)
Rust-based battery connects to an electricity grid for the first time 30. July 2025 (10:00) An iron-air battery in the Netherlands, which can store energy for 100 hours or more to make renewable power sources more consistent, has become the world’s first “rust” battery to connect with an electricity grid(New Scientist)
Is gravity a new type of force that arises from cosmic entropy? 29. July 2025 (18:00) Decades ago, a renegade physicist suggested that gravity isn't so much a force as just a byproduct of the universe's tendency to get more disordered. Now this idea might finally be testable(New Scientist)
