NASA's probe successfully flew by the tiny planet on Monday on Tuesday it will begin beaming images and data to Earth
23:52 14 January 2008
Young female dinosaurs, including Tyrannosaurus rex, started breeding before they had finished growing to adult size, a new study shows
22:00 14 January 2008
A black hole's intense gravity may cause individual photons to circle around it for different amounts of time, creating strobe-like flashes
21:29 14 January 2008
Nanosheets of graphene have been touted as an alternative to the silicon transistor now it looks as if their multi-layered cousin might be a better bet
18:00 14 January 2008
Rat hearts have been stripped of their cells, repopulated with fresh ones, and made to beat again in a pioneering experiment
18:05 14 January 2008
When monkey troops fight, home advantage can outweigh the numerical superiority of invaders
16:46 14 January 2008
This week's patent applications include a pen that really puts your feelings on the page, an artificial self-assembling fly's eye, and a way of tracking eye movements using MRI scans
14:50 14 January 2008
Daily garlic might provide relief for millions of Indians and Bangladeshis whose water supplies are contaminated with the poisonous element
12:00 14 January 2008
The drug bupropion can enable athletes to perform better in hot conditions, but experts warn its use could cause heatstroke
10:14 14 January 2008
Hopes of a flu vaccine that would protect against all strains of influenza A have been bolstered by human tests
12:34 13 January 2008
As creationist politician Mike Huckabee gains prominence, the US National Academy of Science publishes a book explaining evolution
11:11 13 January 2008
A costly air safety survey written off as useless might still yield some useful data, says survey expert
09:32 13 January 2008
Auctioning off UHF frequencies freed up by the switch to digital TV could lead to poor quality pictures, say experts
14:02 12 January 2008
Governments on both sides of the Atlantic may face legal hurdles before they can introduce a new generation of nuclear power stations
13:57 12 January 2008
The dynamics of earthquakes and seizures are similar, say researchers the finding could lead to new ways of predicting the attacks
11:40 12 January 2008
Software developed in Japan can compose classic 17-syllable poems based on the user's keywords
09:09 12 January 2008
Our universe may be shaped like a dodecahedron after all, according to a new look at the radiation left over from the big bang
08:29 12 January 2008
A gas cloud weighing a million Suns is hurtling towards the Milky Way - it will likely trigger stellar fireworks after it collides in 20 to 40 million years
23:34 11 January 2008
A tasteless, harmless additive contains proteins similar to those that help some insects survive winter without freezing solid
18:33 11 January 2008
Homes and businesses across Europe may soon receive ultra-high-speed broadband over cheap plastic optical fibres
18:15 11 January 2008
A telescope in the stratosphere could deliver images of alien worlds impossible to see from the ground for very low cost
17:37 11 January 2008
Sunshine is blamed for causing cancers, but it also protects against some forms by stimulating production of vitamin D
13:35 11 January 2008
Too much of a sweetener found in many sugar-free products can cause severe weight loss and diarrhoea, doctors warn
12:58 11 January 2008
A single protein may control how the butterfly uses the sun and its circadian clock to guide its mammoth migrations
11:00 11 January 2008
Some carriers of genes associated with breast cancer may be at far lower risk of developing the disease than thought
10:26 11 January 2008
On Monday, NASA's Messenger spacecraft will get the first close-up view of the Sun-baked planet since 1975
02:07 11 January 2008
Hundreds of middleweight black holes may rove the galaxy after being evicted from their homes in star clusters, new calculations suggest
19:43 10 January 2008
Without large grazers like elephants and giraffes, the cosy relationship between acacia trees and ants breaks down, field studies show
19:00 10 January 2008
The H5N1 influenza virus has been confirmed in dead swans on a nature reserve, raising fears that the virus might be endemic in the UK
17:28 10 January 2008
A technique that isolates human stem cells by extracting a single embryonic cell may overcome ethical objections to such research
17:00 10 January 2008
Physically disabled people would be more independent using a brain-computer interface that can be switched on without help
12:44 10 January 2008
The dynamics of earthquakes and seizures are similar, say researchers the finding could lead to new ways of predicting the attacks
11:40 12 January 2008
The behemoth weighs 18 billion Suns as much as a small galaxy and provides a new testing ground for general relativity
11:50 10 January 2008
The odds that an asteroid will hit Mars on 30 January have dropped to 1 in 10,000, essentially ruling out an impact
10:35 10 January 2008
The number of dead since the US invasion may be far lower than previously claimed, says a team working for the Iraqi Ministry of Health
22:00 09 January 2008
