China is converting vacant primary schools and kindergartens into elderly care facilities as falling birth rates and a shrinking youth population leave classrooms empty while demand for services for older people increases.
China is converting vacant primary schools and kindergartens into elderly care facilities as falling birth rates and a shrinking youth population leave classrooms empty while demand for services for older people increases.
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Researchers in Europe are developing a 3D bioprinting platform that can create living bone, fat and muscle tissue by combining stem cells with genetically engineered microorganisms. The five-year PRISM-LT project, coordinated by
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China is offering 15-year research grants to a select group of exceptionally talented young scientists as it seeks to strengthen basic research and accelerate technological development. The initiative, announced by Dou Xiankang,
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Hearts appear to change their biological age after transplantation, with young donor organs showing accelerated ageing in older recipients and older hearts displaying signs of rejuvenation when placed in younger bodies, according
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Vaping during childhood and adolescence may carry a broader range of health risks than previously recognised, with evidence linking e-cigarette use among young people to nicotine dependence, respiratory and oral-health problems, poorer
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A new biography of Stephen Hawking presents the renowned physicist not simply as a scientific celebrity who overcame severe disability, but as a researcher whose relationships, intellectual clarity and determination were central
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China has emerged as the leading centre for clinical development and testing of a new generation of CAR-T-cell therapies that could eventually be used against cancer and autoimmune diseases, according to an
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Two teenagers were killed in a shooting in the Chulavista neighbourhood of Cuernavaca on Saturday night, according to the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos (UAEM), which said the victims were
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An increasing number of doctoral graduates from China’s leading universities and prestigious overseas institutions are taking jobs as secondary school teachers, as a growing supply of highly trained researchers collides with intense
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For Mongolian herder Ganchimeg, a GPS tracker recently helped avert the loss of her entire flock after hungry sheep strayed towards a salt lake in the Gobi Desert. With vegetation scarce, the
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Student suicides in Japan reached a record 538 deaths in 2025, with school-related problems accounting for nearly half of identified motives, as doctors and survivors warn that the return to school after
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Climate change is causing losses that extend beyond homes, crops, income and physical infrastructure, with communities experiencing damage to mental health, cultural identity, social cohesion and ways of life that are difficult
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For 17-year-old Zara Shah, an encounter that began while playing a computer game developed into a frightening experience of online sexual exploitation. A stranger initially approached her as a friend before asking
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The research team recovered 8173 arthropod remains, of which 8082 could be taxonomically identified, representing a minimum number of 5792 individuals. The remains included species associated with human decomposition as well as
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The Government of Fiji has declared a national emergency to address a rapid increase in HIV infections, seeking to contain the virus and protect public health. The health crisis, first evident in
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