Pre-clinical tests underway on medicines to combat cancer and tick borne encephalitis.

Deep in Siberia, psychology experts claim they have made an astonishing breakthrough in curing drink and drug addicts.

Record sighting of Narwhal at 88 degrees north by Russian scientific expedition.

Remarkable images show a test tube blood sample from a female of the long-extinct species. 

Cloning hope after autopsy of 'pet' frozen in permafrost since pre-historic times.

Findings pave the way for a 1.2 million square kilometre claim to the UN on hydrocarbon drilling rights.

Vice Premier sees scope to make Arctic 'ours forever' with plans to harness resources and help protect fragile environment.

Aim is to postpone ageing 'illnesses', says researcher. 

Government announces $1.8 bln package, while volunteers from all over the wolrd collect more than 450 tonnes of trash from the shoreline of the unique lake.

This is the first picture of mammoth bone marrow from which scientists are seeking to extract DNA to bring the extinct giant back to life.