Wilson Greatbatch, the engineer who invented the implantable pacemaker dies in Buffalo, New York , aged 92, with more than 150 patents to his name.

Mathematicians in the US discover why the flowers pollinated by bees have sweeter nectar than those visited by butterflies.

Astronomers it seems have an eye for the prosaic when it comes to dreaming up suitable titles to describe both the kit they use and the phenomena they study.

What you wear can influence what race others perceive you to be, a new study finds.

Scientists develop a method to reconstruct the brilliant colours fossil beetles would have displayed when they crawled across the Earth millions of years ago.

The most powerful UK-built imaging spacecraft ever sent into orbit demonstrates its capabilities with some views of Salt Lake City in the US.