The UK's biggest business group criticises the government's decision to halve the subsidies for household solar electricity by next month.

Eating more cereals and whole grains every day could reduce the risk of developing colorectal cancer, a study in the BMJ says.

Human-induced fires are influencing the evolutionary process of some flowering plant species' seeds, a study shows.

Chancellor George Osborne announces an additional £100m of funding for renewable energy in Scotland.

A European X-ray facility gets an upgrade that will give an unprecedented look into the extreme conditions at the centre of the Earth.

New Zealand conservationists blame a technical glitch after 800 endangered giant land snails accidentally freeze to death in their containers.

A libel case against the scientific journal Nature brought by an Egyptian researcher begins in London's High Court.

Efforts are continuing to try to regain control of the Russian Mars mission, Phobos-Grunt, which is stuck circling the Earth incommunicado.