Some of Britain's leading scientists are calling for a new deal to ensure government advisors can work independently and spea...

A laser-powered robot, which could signal the future of space travel, has climbed a wire dangling from a helicopter almost a ...

Scientists have identified the most ancient fossil relative of the predatory dinosaur . The new addition to clan is known fro...

US President Barack Obama has said the United States and European Union have agreed to redouble their efforts in creating "a ...

Chinese meteorologists say they brought about Beijing's earliest snowfall in a decade, after seeding rain clouds with silver ...

With the Copenhagen summit on climate change fast approaching, the race is on to find new technologies which will help produc...

A European satellite is set to provide major new insights into how water is cycled around the Earth.The Smos spacecraft will ...

A jumping robot has been built by scientists at Kyoto university in Japan.It uses sensors to balance itself and responds to s...

The video and computer game industry is now worth £4bn in the UK. The very latest games have gone on show at the Euro Game Ex...

A rocket designed to replace the ageing space shuttle is set for its first test-flight, despite questions over the future of ...