Sex cells made from scratch could revolutionize human reproduction. But researchers are struggling to translate promising ...

Architects and microbiologists are exploring whether making buildings hospitable to friendly microorganisms can improve human ...

At the event known as Agents4Science 2025, to be held online on 22 October, the attendees will still be humans. It will ...

Hundreds of people at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have received layoff notices, and work at many ...

Japan’s health authorities have declared an influenza epidemic, with thousands of people infected with the respiratory virus.

Reionization is thought to have been driven by ultraviolet light produced by both early stars and active galactic nuclei ...

Nobody should be going hungry in the twenty-first century. Scientists must determine the reasons why malnutrition is ...

Innovation is key to meeting today’s global challenges. This is why the University of Botswana, originally a teaching ...

CRISPR-based tools can’t easily access the DNA in these organelles, but researchers are finding other ways in.

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in ...

Previous research investigating sex differences in brain ageing has shown mixed results, Ravndal adds. Several studies have ...

A surge in global temperatures has caused widespread bleaching and death of warm-water corals around the world.