If confirmed by the US Senate, Jim O'Neill would be the first non-scientist or engineer to lead the agency, a big funder of ...

An innovative approach supercharges the innate immune system to provide a first line of defence against respiratory infections.

The Alzheimer’s ‘clock’ could make it easier to treat the disease early, before memory problems appear. A simple blood test might one day serve as a molecular ‘clock’ that predicts not only whether ...

Isomorphic Lab’s proprietary drug-discovery model is a major advance, but scientists developing open-source tools are left guessing how to achieve similar results.

A virus that is big enough to be seen under an ordinary light microscope co-opts its host’s systems with the help of ...

Researchers use mini plasma explosions to encode the equivalent of two million books into a coaster-sized device. The method ...

Most research on autism focuses on younger people, but some studies suggest older adults face increased risks — and perhaps ...

Microsoft unveils a laser-modified glass that could store huge amounts of data for millennia — plus, a trial of mRNA vaccines ...

Scientists and medical experts are countering climate denialism, vaccine scepticism and wellness pseudoscience on social ...

For more than 70 years, physicians seeking to diagnose mental-health conditions have turned to the ‘bible for psychiatry’ — ...

The world needs non-fossil sources of carbon. It’s a no-brainer for nations working towards this goal to join forces.

Chinese research organizations can no longer take part in most of the research grants funded by Horizon Europe, the European ...