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Brain scans show that coma patients most aware of their environment react to pain the same as healthy people

Nearly five miles beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean, scientists have found highly social groups of fish

A world that is just only slightly warmer in 2100 than before the industrial revolution is still possible – but it will take a huge global effort

Researchers have found a way to insert nanoparticles into red blood cells, allowing them to image the body in much greater detail (full text available to subscribers)

Sensors and software able to build up a map of a smoke-filled area could help firefighters navigate around unfamiliar buildings

Sensors and software able to build up a map of a smoke-filled area could help firefighters navigate around unfamiliar buildings

Delayed satellite is given green light for October takeoff – the mission aims to build up a three-dimensional atlas of the moon and its surface minerals

An expert panel has ruled that the researcher did publish false results, after questioned her work

Three particle physicists who provided insights into the nature of the universe share this year's Nobel Prize, but a fourth colleague is inexplicably left out

Three particle physicists who provided insights into how tiny violations in symmetry shape the universe share this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics

The probe will make another attempt to taste dust from the Saturn moon's great plumes

People who stalk royals and celebrities are more likely to need psychiatric help than non-VIP stalkers, such as jilted lovers

The marvels of internet banking can be bad news for troubled banks – access to accounts via the web mean funds can disappear in a flash

Two teams announced the discovery of the HIV virus in the early 80s, but only one received the Nobel award this week. What happened?

Large urban areas are shouldering too much of the blame for heating up the planet, while other causes are not getting the attention they deserve

Birds that haven't adjusted to the realities of a warming world are worse off than their more flexible counterparts, suggests a first-of-a-kind study

Birds that haven't adjusted to the realities of a warming world are worse off than their more flexible counterparts, suggests a first-of-a-kind study

Thanks to two new genetic tests, a drop of mum's blood could soon be all it takes to tell whether an unborn baby has Down's syndrome

For the first time, astronomers have found an object on a certain collision course with Earth – fortunately, it is too small to cause damage

The whirlpools had been predicted to occur when hot plasma cools and sinks back into the Sun – now they have been seen for the first time