Four independent research teams report big advances in devices built with the underestimated quantum bits, including lower ...

Countries such as Spain and France can expect fire regimes more like those of California as climate change favours hot, dry ...

Newly discovered figurines point to skills that might have helped shape early humans’ expansion across Europe.

Mosquito-borne diseases are breaking records as climate change and other human influences allow the insects to expand their ...

Mathematicians Yu Deng, John Pardon, Jacob Tsimerman and Hong Wang have won the 2026 Fields Medal — one of the most coveted ...

Research suggests that the combination of incentives to publish and the use of large language models will lead to more papers, but they will be less refined.

Scientists are getting closer to understanding the wasting and fatigue that often accompanies cancer. Treatments could be on ...

Scientists have exploited a peculiar CRISPR enzyme so that it fights cancer by shredding the DNA in cancer cells, causing ...

Previous sleep research has focused mostly on the brain circuitry that snaps people awake in seconds or on how sleep debt ...

Molecules released in the breath can signal whether the body is burning fat. Credit: Mascot/Getty. A handheld breath test can ...

Chief US science adviser calls for a shakeup in funding while handing out grants to accelerate research with AI.