A vast colony of aspen clones could hold clues about how ancient organisms protect their genomes from harmful mutations.

The molecules were deemed too unstable to make, but experiments show they can be ‘captured’ in certain reactions to yield ...

Viruses known as bacteriophages are difficult to study, but they are beginning to give up their secrets. It is common ...

Study of 1950s sugar rationing in the United Kingdom also suggests risk to babies whose mums ate a high-sugar diet during ...

Clinical-trial participants saw their knee pain abate and could engage better with activities that got them up and going.

Immune cells rush to the brain and promote deep sleep after a heart attack, according to a new study 1 involving both mice ...

Nobel prizewinner Alain Aspect’s ‘crackpot’ studies of quantum entanglement have explored the tricks reality plays on us — ...

Engineers have nearly finished building the central detector of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in China ...

My work gathers inspiration from a variety of unconventional model organisms, and they have a key role in bio-inspired design ...

Yet another strain of the virus that causes mpox might be readily spreading from person to person, according to an analysis ...

Another recent policy change is an extension to the Distinguished Young Scholars (DYS) programme, which gives outstanding ...

The annual toxic smog that forms over swathes of India and Pakistan is preventable, but the nations’ scientists have too ...