Scientists pinpoint driver of IBD and other disorders with work under way to adapt existing drugs to treat patients Researchers have discovered a major driver …
Exclusive: Scientists at MIT hope talking to 60-year-old self will shift thinking on health, money and work If your carefully crafted life plan has been …
Scientists have found that evolutionary adaptations and mental conditioning in humans may be the closest humans will come to what we consider ‘superpowers’
Delay joining the Horizon Europe programme making it more difficult to attract and retain the brightest scientists Top young cancer researchers are leaving the UK …
Dutch study identifies several examples of corvids’ ‘amazing’ ability to adapt to the urban environment Birds have never shied away from turning human rubbish into …
UK trial of first non-hormonal drug for condition may lead to ‘long overdue’ innovation in relieving often debilitating pain ‘Worse than childbirth’: women with endometriosis …
Astrophysicists propose geoengineering solution to climate warming, although skeptics still urge ‘massive’ fossil fuel cutbacks Proponents of a “moonshot” idea to deal with global heating …
Positive effects were stronger among those reporting the lowest annual household income, says Finnish study Visits to parks, community gardens and other urban green spaces …
Canadian scientists hail ‘phenomenal’ finds from iron-based meteorite elaliite and elkinstantonite A team of researchers in Canada say they have discovered two new minerals – …
Altering packaging process could allow pasta to be kept for 120 days, tackling food waste A new twist on packaging combined with a special ingredient …
If the hydrogen-gobbling, methane-producing microorganisms existed, they would have caused their own demise Ancient Mars may have had an environment capable of harboring an underground …
Digital model of ageing reveals importance of psychological health as well as biological Feeling unhappy, depressed or lonely could speed up the ageing processes more …
Benefits of cholesterol-lowering drug taken by 8 million people in UK outweigh low risk of side-effects, study finds Statins do not commonly cause muscle pain, …
University of Cambridge team’s work could significantly increase supply of organs for people with rarer blood types Researchers have successfully altered the blood type of …
Device which can dissolve in the body represents an ‘engineering approach to treating pain’ An implant which can cool nerves to block pain signals has …
In the study at a zoo in Helsinki, white-faced sakis could trigger audio or visual stimuli on demand Monkeys given their own “primate-focused” versions of …
Academics rise against the conventions of higher education, such as scholarly journals and conferences, in a new book Hip-hop poetry, magic and circus acts should …
Traces in shirts and T-shirts appear to contradict German firms’ promises to revise supply chains Researchers say they have found traces of Xinjiang cotton in …
COVID-19 vaccines still offer strong protection against severe illness and death, but Moderna and Pfizer are testing combination shots as a possible new kind of …
‘Open-source intelligence community’ is already collecting and studying video and photo evidence Six days after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, there is mounting evidence …
Plan based on simpler version of US-engineered animal used last month in world’s first pig-to-human transplant German scientists plan to clone and then breed this …
Officials say shark attacks increased around the world in 2021 following three consecutive years of decline, though beach closures in 2020 caused by the COVID-19 …
Scottish environmental scientists using phone technology to monitor diminishing population of Harbour Seals off Orkney Islands in ‘Internet of Seas’ project
Xenobots are synthetic lifeforms made by cells from frog embryos and assembling them into clusters Some species do it in pairs, some without knowing the …