Microscopic plastic debris from washing clothes is accumulating in the marine environment and could be entering the food chain, a study warns.

Graphene, often described as a "miracle material", can be used to distil alcohol, according to a new study in the Science journal.

Researchers prepare pairs of matter and anti-matter particles in a bid to finally resolve whether anti-matter repels normal matter in a kind of "anti-gravity".

Organisers of a prject to create a series of new woods to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee hope to plant one million trees in one month.