The incoming US president is expected to gut support for research on the environment and infectious diseases, but could buoy ...

A pair of spacecraft developed by private firms blast off on a single rocket on the risky voyage to the lunar surface.

Nature’s survey of hiring in science has revealed a gulf between the expectations of people looking for jobs in science and ...

Epidemiological studies have linked dirty air to dementia and other brain disorders. Now researchers are trying to determine ...

The revised definition, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 1 on 14 January, focuses on how excess body fat, a ...

The technology firm OpenAI made headlines last month when its latest experimental chatbot model, o3, achieved a high score on ...

Most researchers whose papers are retracted owing to an honest mistake find the ordeal stressful, according to a survey of ...

Pharmaceuticals and vector-control programmes have greatly diminished the once-widespread disease, but sustained effort will ...

Blood vessels in the brain rhythmically constrict and dilate to drive waves of cleansing fluid through the organ.

In November 2024, the Australian government passed a world-first law, banning children under the age of 16 from using social-media platforms — it will be enacted by the end of the year. As an expert ...

The threshold has been exceeded for only one year so far, but humanity is nearing the end of what many thought was a ‘safe ...

Model microbes such as Escherichia coli hog scientists’ attention, leaving most known bacteria with few publications devoted ...