Hydrogel patch for phone batteries converts waste heat to electricity

Scientists develop new regenerating hydrogel that can cool overheating phones and computers and convert waste heat into electricity  Thin hydrogel film straps to phone batteries to convert waste heat to electricity  The new polymer-based film transfers electrons when heated to generate power  Water inside the hydrogel then evaporates to cool the patch has a cooling … Read more

Caprice wears face mask and gloves for supermarket trip

Caprice wears face mask and gloves as ‘number one diva’ picks up some essential groceries from the supermarket amid lockdown By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 13:19 BST, 22 April 2020 | Updated: 13:22 BST, 22 April 2020 Caprice Bourret headed out for a trip to the supermarket on Wednesday to pick up some essential … Read more

Stunning 14th Century coach house in Devon village goes on the market for £975,000

Stunning 14th Century coach house with character features celebrated by architect Nikolaus Pevsner in Devon village goes on the market for £975,000 A five bedroom, Grade I listed country home has gone on sale for £975,000 The building formed part of an old 14th century manor house in Lustleigh, Devon The current owners have renovated … Read more

Banksy’s world famous Girl with a Pierced Eardrum is given a coronavirus twist

After a year-long investigation by Claudia Joseph, Simon Trump, Ewan Fletcher, Adam Luck, Jason Buckner and Craig Hibbert, the Mail on Sunday named Banksy as Robin Gunningham. The search began with a photograph taken in Jamaica showing a man in a blue shirt and jeans, with a hint of a smile on his face and a … Read more

House price growth started to slow before lockdown official figures show

The pace of house price growth seen since the start of the year had already begun to slow down in February before the market was frozen by the virus lockdown, new official data shows. While property prices have risen by an average of £2,000 to £230,000 in the last year, the monthly upturn in prices … Read more

Butterfly charity urges British public to report garden sightings during the coronavirus lockdown

Butterfly charity urges British public to report garden sightings during the coronavirus lockdown to help measure impacts of climate change Butterfly Conservation has been surveying UK moths and butterflies for 50 years The fight against COVID-19 is stopping experts and volunteers from monitoring Those with access to outdoor spaces are asked to report any sightings … Read more

‘Pregnant Chloe Goodman dresses up her bump as she heads to hospital for final check-up

‘Pregnant Chloe Goodman dresses up her bump in a form-fitting dress with thigh-split after admitting she was ‘feeling like a slob’ as she heads to hospital for final check-up By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 12:43 BST, 22 April 2020 | Updated: 12:44 BST, 22 April 2020 Reality star Chloe Goodman was pictured stepping out … Read more

M25 looks busier by the day

Pockets of Britain appear to be slowly returning to normal as traffic on the road increases, cafes reopen and shops resume trading as pressure grows for an exit plan from the lockdown ravaging the economy. Pictures taken from the M25, M5 and M4 today show a notably busier picture than in recent days, with a steady … Read more

Hospital staff pay tribute to ‘devoted’ father-of-four surgeon, 58, after he died from coronavirus

Hundreds of hospital staff lined streets to pay their final tribute to a ‘devoted’ father-of-four surgeon after he died from coronavirus aged 58. Touching footage captured from Sadeq Elhowsh’s hearse shows medical workers standing in a row along the pavement to pay their respects. The staff then burst into a round of applause for the surgeon, … Read more

Laziness in humans could be used to tell us apart from bots

Humans’ unique laziness when it comes to interacting on social media could be the key to telling us apart from artificially intelligent ‘bots’, a new study shows. US researchers have identified behavioural trends of humans on Twitter that are absent in social media bots – namely a decrease in tweet length over time. The team … Read more