An injection of stem cells given alongside a kidney transplant could remove the need for a lifetime of drugs, say scientists.

The UK's Green Investment Bank is to have its headquarters in Edinburgh after it beat off competition from 31 other bids.

Indigenous Ecuadorians march against a major Chinese mining project in the Amazon that they fear will pollute their land and water.

Testimonials from the last living engineers who worked on the wartime code-cracking machine Colossus have been gathered for a film celebrating their work.

Seabird numbers continue to decline, according to a new review. Compiled by BirdLife International, it says 28% of species around the world are threatened.

A seal which ended up in Lincolnshire after getting lost in the North Sea is set to be taken back to its natural territory in "the next few weeks".

Urgent action is needed to stop drought in the Sahel region of West Africa turning into a humanitarian disaster, the charity Oxfam says.

A five-year mission to hunt for the first supernovae, or exploding stars, in the universe is to be led by a professor of astrophysics at Queen's University Belfast.