The current temperatures in western and central Europe would have been virtually impossible 50 years ago, and unprecedented ...

Phages, viruses that infect bacteria, could be genetically manipulated to destroy cancerous cells using the immunity we have ...

Scrolls from the Roman library of Herculaneum that were carbonised by a volcanic eruption have been read in their entirety ...

The extreme heat currently being felt in Europe isn’t the new normal – much worse is to come, and we are doing far too little ...

Large fruits and seeds buried under volcanic ash nearly 75 million years ago upend the idea that flowering plants only came ...

IBM's latest chip packs in twice as many transistors as the current state-of-the-art chip by adding a second layer of silicon ...

Growing numbers of homeowners are installing batteries that store electricity when it is cheap, which helps balance the grid ...

We have identified the gene that, when activiated, initiates the developmental programme that results in cells forming a ...

A phone company is developing a small generator that blends chemicals to concoct a variety of fragrances in response to commands via the net ...

This August a total solar eclipse is set to be visible across parts of Europe, while a partial eclipse will sweep across ...