SCIENCE

Carbon sponges that are less toxic than conventional scrubbers and can absorb carbon efficiently have been developed.

Hector with a large number of flexible joints and sensors recently took his first steps after completion.

The presence of four billion plastic debris in a square kilometre of deep oceans indicates the potential for damage to marine life and the ecosystem.

50% of doctors, dieticians and personal trainers cannot tell you where fat goes.

Strange spikes in methane which could be bacteria-like organisms were identified by the Curiosity Mars Rover.

Beavers add 800 million kg of methane to the atmosphere every year.

Photographers return to some of the worst hit sites in Indonesia and Thailand to see how they have recovered from the tsunami.

Pollutants released in Mecca during Hajj reach dangerously high levels.

Genetic study shows the genes selected by humans in horse domestication process.

Scientific analysis of 6ft Chichester skeleton shows how warrior died.

With climate policy pledges falling short of required number, a study shows how climate finance can bring a more comprehensive approach.

A study makes a case for why pregnant women should avoid redoing homes, especially their floor coverings.

Spintronics could benefit with new technique that helps deliver powerful magnetic properties to graphene.

Satellite and aerial data show that the Greenland ice sheet is melting faster than thought and shows that models are too simplistic in predicting the future.

Rayleigh Jet technique could help offset the effects of carbon emissions

A shock wave first encountered by Voyager 1 in February continues to propagate outwards, shows data from craft.

New research shows that the three inmates - Clarence Anglin, John Anglin and Frank Morris - could have survived escape attempt.

Cool summers have allowed the North Pole to regain some of its ice coverage.

Five of the northern white rhinoceros subspecies remain after the death of Angelifu in the San Diego Zoo.

A network of interacting genes on a silicon chip manufactured proteins as instructed by the designed DNA.

With no binding terms and a vague language, the Lima action plan does nothing to steer the world away from its present road to climate disasters.

Nuclear research in the lab hints at exotic isotopes found in star dust left after the death of a star.

Nature magazine has sounded the alarm on the way that humans are forcing a vast number of species to vanish

UK scientists will present research findings this week which indicate that man-made carbon dioxide emissions are behind worsening winter rainstorms

Deal commits all countries, including developing nations, to cutting emissions for the first time.

After dropping and replacing many phrases, Lima climate draft finally sees nations agree terms for reducing emissions.

Gap in data means threat to species is calculated taking into account hardly 4% of species alive on Earth.

Analysis of flints found in a cave occupied by ancient men for half a million years shows regular fire use started between 320,000 and 350,000 years ago.

A series of unidentified objects again spark UFO rumours.