Japanese toilets incorporate a fascinating array of technologies and are starting to take off in the UK. Andrew Wade reports

Carbon nanotubes could replace aluminium and copper on micro-electric interconnectors thanks to a technique developed in the UK. Siobhan Wagner explains.

Scientists have developed a method to 3D print flexible electronics using the conducting polymer polypyrrole, an advance that could be used in surgical procedures.

University of South Florida researchers have developed a sensor that can detect the explosive TNT in a marine environment.

A four-year UK study concludes that mobile ‘phone users are not at a greater overall risk of developing glioma, a common brain tumour.

The Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils and the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council have merged into the Science and Technology Facilities Council.

Seismologists are using a new method to detail the processes that unfolded during the disastrous Sumatra-Andaman earthquake in the Indian Ocean.