Italy row over Galileo's remains

'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.

DNA legacy of ancient seafarers
Scientists use DNA to trace the migrations of a civilisation which dominated the Mediterranean thousands of years ago.