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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

An instrument on the Perseverance rover has identified large, complex carbon compounds alongside unusual patterns on the ...

A study claims that the North Pole Dome crater in Western Australia was caused by an asteroid strike 3 billion years ago, but ...

Genetic analysis of Neanderthals in north-western Europe reveals that this population was surprisingly genetically diverse, ...

The area surrounding our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole contains three strangely different populations of stars – ...

Not much is known about Starfall, SpaceX's new delivery system, but an assessment published in May revealed its intended ...