Modified baker’s yeast can produce a precursor for a drug that is usually derived from an endangered plant and its relatives.

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Mice with a version of sickle-cell disease have blood-forming stem cells that show signs of chronic stress, DNA damage and premature ageing, scientists have found 1. But existing cancer drugs and anti ...

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

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

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

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

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

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