SCIENCE

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.

Possible signal of dark matter detected from Andromeda and Perseus galaxies found by European scientists.

ESA release first colour image of the comet 67P/C-G showing what it would look like to us.

Construction of underwater turbines in Pentland Firth should be complete by 2016.

A tanker carrying 350,000 litres of oil collided with another vessel threatening the Sundarbans sanctuary's wildlife.

Applications created by British school children will be used on Raspberry Pi computers on board the International Space Station

US Secretary of State John Kerry made an impassioned plea on Wednesday (December 11) for all nations to work for an ambitious UN deal next year to fight climate change, saying time was running out."Every nation, and I repeat this as we hear the debates going back and forth here, every nation has a responsibility to do its part if we're going to pass this test, and only those nations who step up and respond to this threat can legitimately lay claim to any mantle of leadership and global responsibility," he said in a speech at United Nations talks in Lima that are trying to sketch out elements of a draft 190-nation deal due in Paris in late 2015 to curb rising world greenhouse gas emissions.

Developing nations led by India are insisting on rich nations doing more by way of reducing emissions and providing assistance.

Folding of genome is not random but highly regulated and decides if a gene was to be turned on or off.

Almost 90% of Darwin Awards winners are men, researchers find.

Ancient volcanic rocks from India suggest a major eruption around 66 million years ago could have done the damage for dinosaurs.