Firm claims first pet dog clones

'Super-microscope' opens at Isis
A new £200m neutron source at Isis, Oxfordshire, will allow scientists to probe matter at the atomic level.

Nature's 'fibre optics' experts
Sea sponges can beam light deep inside their bodies, and do so using the natural equivalent of fibre optic cables, scientists find.

Climate pushing lemmings to cliff
Warmer winters are affecting the lemmings of southern Norway, scientists find, which may be bad news for animals that eat them.

DNA breakthrough on 1946 murder
Scientists working on the case of a 12-year-old girl raped and shot dead 62 years ago obtain a family DNA profile of her killer.

Scientists clone from frozen mice
Japanese scientists manage to create clones from the bodies of mice which have been frozen for 16 years.