Study of nearly 14,000 military personnel finds 20% of young soldiers had violence conviction

A new sub-atomic particle that could explain one of the great mysteries of the Universe – why matter has mass – has almost certainly been found according to further evidence supporting the discovery of the elusive Higgs boson.

People are more distracted by other individuals talking on their mobile phones than by listening in to background conversations between people in the same room, a study has found.

Some planets have turned out to be nearly as small as the Moon, while others are several times the size of Jupiter

Scientists have taken a step closer to growing human teeth from scratch using cells taken from a patient’s mouth. They envisage that missing or diseased teeth could one day be replaced by freshly-grown, living teeth.

Report claims that by the year 2100 the earth will see temperatures not seen since the dawn of civilisation

Report finds between 50 and 60 per cent of wild deer should be destroyed each year for population to remain stable

Physical exhaustion can occur when the brain – as well as the muscles – grows tired according to a study that sheds fresh light on the role played by the mind in determining endurance levels.

The loss if sea ice in the Arctic will allow ships to navigate freely across the North Pole by the middle of the century and could lead to unprecedented geo-political tensions between countries that have territorial claims in the region, scientists said.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), so it is with great excitement that the Aids community has received the news that a baby has been “cured” of the virus.