Researchers have demonstrated the first soap that responds to magnetic fields.

A high-tech camera is being used to track eels as they begin their migration to the North Atlantic from Somerset.

Current tropical timber harvesting practices are not sustainable and nations should consider the implications of "peak timber", a study suggests.

Former government drugs adviser Prof David Nutt says regulations should be relaxed to enable researchers to experiment on psychedelic drugs.

Scientists say the Earth is being bombarded by radiation from the strongest solar storm since 2005, with effects that could last through Wednesday.

A nesting site for dinosaur eggs found in South Africa is 100 million years older than the previous oldest site, palaeontologists say.

Scientists in Norwich say they have made a breakthrough in the research on rice that could help farmers devastated by last year's tsunami in Japan.