Global population study launched by Royal Society
The UK's Royal Society is launching a major study into human population growth and how it may affect social and economic development in coming decades.
View ArticleArchaeologists unearth Neolithic henge at Stonehenge
Archaeologists have discovered a second henge at Stonehenge, described as the most exciting find there in 50 years.
View ArticleHerpes virus used to treat cancer
Doctors say they have used a genetically engineered herpes virus to treat successfully patients with head and neck cancer.
View ArticleGrow your own transplant liver in a lab within just 5 years
Desperately ill patients waiting for a transplant could be able to 'grow their own' livers within five years, British doctors said last night.
View ArticleUK scientists devise ‘one-hour test’ for TB
Scientists in the UK say they have devised a new ultra-sensitive test which can diagnose the presence of the tuberculosis bacterium in one hour.
View ArticleVirgin spaceship’s first solo flight
HOLIDAYMAKERS are one small step closer to the stars after the world's first tourist rocket made a giant leap in its race to take people into space.
View ArticleOtters back from the brink of extinction in England
The otter has made a remarkable comeback from the brink of extinction, the Environment Agency has said.
View ArticleBritish government launches £4.2m urban tree-planting plan
ENGLAND - A 4.2m pound scheme to plant one million trees over the next four years has been unveiled by the government.
View ArticlePast decade ‘best for UK rivers’
The last decade has been the best for UK rivers since the Industrial Revolution, according to the Environment Agency.
View ArticleWorm discovery could help 1 billion people worldwide
Scientists have discovered why some people may be protected from harmful parasitic worms naturally while others cannot in what could lead to new therapies for up to one billion people worldwide.
View ArticleHas the green energy revolution finally arrived?
When historians look back at the fight to combat climate change—not to mention the struggle to overcome our global addiction to fossil fuels—will 2011 be considered a watershed moment? Maybe.
View ArticleDrop in sexually transmitted diseases in England
For the first time in over a decade there has been a drop in the number of new sexually transmitted infections in England, figures show.
View ArticleULTra PRT autonomous vehicles now operating at Heathrow Airport
Commissioned by BAA (Heathrow Airport's operator), the ULTra PRT transportation system, which utilizes autonomous electric podcars, has been launched at Heathrow Airport.
View ArticleBritish rivers ‘healthiest for 20 years’
The renaissance of Britain's rivers was underlined on Tuesday when waterways once considered polluted to death were revealed as teeming with life.
View ArticleDirty Nappies Recycled To Make Roof Tiles
Britain's first recycling plant for disposable nappies is opening in a bid to reduce the huge amounts sent to landfill every year.
View ArticleHepatitis C vaccine: Oxford researchers’ trial ‘promising’
An early clinical trial of a hepatitis C vaccine has shown "promising" results, according to researchers at Oxford University.
View ArticleLondon restaurants launch ‘straw wars’ campaign
Restaurants, bars ands hotels have joined forces to try and reduce the routine and 'unnecessary' use of plastic drinking straws.
View ArticleRange of brain diseases could be treated by single drug
The tantalising prospect of treating a range of brain diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, all with the same drug, has been raised by UK researchers.
View ArticleLondon’s Eco-Friendly Olympic Games
The whole world has gathered in London for the Summer Olympic Games. It is the third time this city has hosted the games, and the nation is aiming to make it unique as the first "sustainable" Olympics.
View ArticleFirst liver cancer ‘chemo-bath’ in the UK
A "chemo-bath" which delivers toxic cancer drugs to just one organ in the body has been used on patients in the UK for the first time, say doctors.
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