A giant physics lab on the Swiss-French border is being cooled to a temperature lower than that of outer space.

A British-built engine powered by ions makes its first space trip this summer on Europe's gravity explorer probe.

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Nasa has released details of its strategy for sending a human crew to Mars within the next few decades.

Scotland and England suffer defeats, Wales win while Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland draw in Euro 2008 qualifying.

Can long-held dreams of sending humans to Mars ever be realised?

Doctors in India's oldest semen bank say that a growing number of couples from Afghanistan are visiting them.

The US and European space agencies signal their desire to co-operate on the biggest missions.

Following lengthy repairs because of storm damage, the Atlantis orbiter is now ready to launch to the space station on Friday.

A large telescope funded and led by the UK nears completion on a mountain-top in Chile's Atacama desert.

A multi-million pound upgrade of three Scottish facilities could secure the future of 300 jobs.

Materials that could allow levitating trains and ultra powerful computers to become commonplace are coming of age

A giant mirror that will fly on the US space agency's next space telescope is a step closer to completion.

Europe's Planck satellite will study relic radiation from the Big Bang to answer deep questions about the origin of the Universe.

Hubble's successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, will shed light on the beginnings of the Universe.

A Harley St plastic surgeon plans to sell an anti-ageing drug. But do you want to live forever, or perhaps to the ripe old age of 1,000? There was a time when beating biology to become immortal was the stuff of dreams.

A green dye used by artists in the 18th Century could be used to make faster, more efficient microchips.

Nasa monitors weather conditions in Florida as the Discovery shuttle prepares for launch.

A super-cooled microchip capable of half a trillion calculations every second has been demonstrated in the US.

A Frenchman fighting to keep his parents' bodies in a deep-freeze says he cremated them after the freezer broke.