- BBC Science/Nature
- 08/4/3 12:40
A funding hole could close a £25m particle accelerator in the UK before it has provided any experimental results.
A funding hole could close a £25m particle accelerator in the UK before it has provided any experimental results.
Ministers are to announce 15 sites in England shortlisted to become environmentally-friendly "eco-towns".
The idea that the Earth's climate is determined by cosmic rays and the Sun's activity is discredited by UK scientists.
The government is to publish a draft bill regulating UK seas, but conservationists fear it will be too weak.
Europe's sophisticated new space freighter, the ATV, is set to dock with the International Space Station.
WEDNESDAY 2. APRIL 2008
Ministers have rejected plans for three "eco-towns" in Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Derbyshire, the BBC learns.
Carbon dioxide emissions from Europe's heavy industry sectors rose by 1.1% in 2007, say carbon market analysts.
Scientists pinpoint genetic variations that raise smokers' risk of lung cancer - possibly by getting them hooked.
The world's largest prize for marine renewable energy is announced by the Scottish Government.
Scientists find a distant embryonic planet outside the Solar System that could be less than 2,000 years old.
People will become ever more reliant on machines says a report on the future of human-computer interaction.
Seeds of genetically modified oilseed rape can endure in soil for at least 10 years, researchers discover.
A leading light in the Hubble European Space Agency will tell how the telescope has "built a bridge between science and art".
People are not prepared for the changes needed for the UK's target of "zero carbon" homes, a report says.
The institute famed for creating Dolly the sheep is to share expertise with a university vet school.
TUESDAY 1. APRIL 2008
Scientists have created part-human, part-animal hybrid embryos for the first time in the UK, the BBC can reveal.
Scientists use X-rays to find a host of animals trapped in 100-million-year-old opaque amber.
Experts say a Tasmanian Devil called Cedric could hold the key to the survival of the cancer-hit species.
A necklace found in Peru is the oldest known gold object made in the Americas, archaeologists say.
MONDAY 31. MARCH 2008
Europe's "Jules Verne" freighter edges to just 12m from the space station to prove its readiness to dock.
The first dig inside the ring at Stonehenge in more than four decades hopes finally to resolve its mysteries.
Researchers reveal how pairs of rooks are able to co-operate to solve difficult problems.
Campaigners call for restrictions on ships in Antarctic waters to preserve the local environment.
The growing risk of serious shipping accidents and pollution in Antarctic waters mean tougher rules are needed.
Scientists identify three more genes that raise bowel cancer risk, including one only affecting some races.