UK researchers develop an air-dropped projectile to put instruments in some of the most inaccessible places in Antarctica.

Researchers believe that hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas is not a major cause of earthquakes that can be felt.

The 2010 Icelandic volcanic eruption, which disrupted flights across Europe, also had a "significant but short-lived" impact on the North Atlantic, a study says.

The UK's nature reserves act as 'ecological welcome mats' to new species, according to scientists.

An archaeological dig in the heart of the City provides a unique insight into the first 400 years of London's Roman history, experts say.

A material designed to mimic the hooked hairs found on the underside of leaves could help trap and control bedbugs, the Journal of the Royal Society Interface reports.

A cyclist killed in a crash in central London was a talented scientist doing research on global warming, her university says.

Professor Sir Robert Edwards, whose work led to the world's first "test-tube baby" in 1978, dies at the age of 87.