University teaching bears the brunt of cuts to higher education funding while science is afforded a degree of protection, according to latest Hefce figures
Chemists will be behind the scenes at the Vancouver Winter Olympics this month, working hard to catch athletes boosting their performance by illicit means
US Environmental Protection Agency to reject confidentiality claims that prevent names of chemicals identified as potential health risks being made public
Direct-write piezoelectric 'nanogenerators' based on organic nanofibres could power miniature devices with their impressive energy conversion efficiency
As new environmental legislation alters the allowed constituents of paint and varnishes, Sarah Houlton reports on how paint manufacturers are tweaking the contents of their tins
On the 40th anniversary of the explosion on board Apollo 13 , Richard Corfield reports on the cause and how teamwork returned the astronauts to Earth safely
Richard Catlow, former director of research at the Royal Institution, tells us why it's important to remember the key role the RI has played throughout the history of science
