The nanoparticles create more precise colours and are used in TV screens as well as medical imaging.

The nation has reeled from disaster to disaster in recent years, as it feels the effects of climate change.

Dish Network will have to pay $150,000 for failing to move an old satellite far enough away from the Earth.

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics rewards research into electrons in "flashes of light".

The new space observatory sees pairs of Jupiter-sized objects floating free between the stars.

Companies want customers to pay up to £84 a year more in 2025, rising to £156 extra by 2030.

Experts are optimistic of detecting life signs on a faraway world within our lifetimes - possibly in the next few years.

Wildfire response across the UK is an under-resourced "postcode lottery", claims a new union report.

Plastic cutlery is banned under new rules but plastic containers for takeaway and shop bought meals are not.

The loss of Britain's wildlife is outpacing efforts to conserve and protect nature, a major report reveals.

The elusive substance holds the key to discovering how the Universe was formed.

They claim governments' slow action on climate change violates their human rights.

Environmentalists say delaying the implementation of new biodiversity rules is "a hammer blow for nature".

Regulator Ofwat orders companies in England and Wales to cut bills after missing targets.

The former Labour PM wants the wealthiest oil producers to help poorer nations tackle climate change.

It secured a deal to control a fifth of Cambodia's coastline - 15 years on, it has barely got started.

With bee populations struggling, mechanical pollination may be increasingly needed as a back-up.

Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday guest Yanis Varoufakis attacked the PM's 'incompetence and cynicism'.

A capsule carrying rocky debris from asteroid Bennu is about to streak through the sky above Utah.

A handful of dust from an asteroid streaming through space could tell Nasa how life on Earth began.

They live on flood-plains contaminated by potentially harmful levels of toxic waste, research reveals.

A Lords committee warns that the government risks missing housebuilding and environmental targets.

Bird lovers will see a very different pattern of species in the future, scientists warn.

The prime minister claims the changes will support "hard-pressed families" but opponents accuse him of "selling out".