A cheap, environmentally sound technique has been developed for producing nanotube ropes that could be used to make super-strong cables for such applications as a space elevator.

Keyboards, computer mice and telephone dials are 400 times more infested with microbes than toilet seats, according to a University of Arizona study.

Scientists have found a new world orbiting the solar system – more than 3 billion kilometres further away from the Sun than Pluto and 40 years away from Earth in a space shuttle.

NASA is expected to announce today the discovery of the space object, which some experts believe could be a new planet.

Stem cells plucked from the follicles of mice can grow new hair when implanted into another animal. The work represents a dramatic step forward that is sure to stimulate new research into treatments for human baldness.

More than a quarter of all mobile phones to be sold globally in 2004 will also function as cameras, according to a study from InfoTrends Research Group. Shipments of camera phones this year will reach 150 million units, the group said Thursday.