Google has announced a new collection of artificial intelligence research developments spanning healthcare, disaster forecasting, scientific discovery and business analytics, including tools designed to help researchers predict flash floods, support clinical consultations
A Neanderthal who died from a penetrating spear wound about 75,000 years ago had previously survived a severe facial injury that may have required prolonged care from others, according to a study of remains discovered in a cave in northern
Billions of potato-shaped metallic nodules lie scattered across the Pacific seabed between Mexico and Hawaii, as deep as 6,000 metres below the surface. The
Henri Kagan of the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay, France, and Kenso Soai of Tokyo University have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry
A new era in human reproduction In a gleaming fertility clinic somewhere in California’s Silicon Valley, a doctor peers through a microscope at a translucent sphere—barely larger than a grain of sand.
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In a landmark medical achievement, a team of researchers spanning thousands of miles created a gene-editing therapy designed for a single baby, KJ Muldoon, in a record-breaking six months. The therapy, an
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Jane Goodall, the British primatologist celebrated for her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees, passed away on Wednesday, 1 October, at the age of 91 while on a speaking tour in California. According to
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Scientists are exploring an innovative approach to treating brain disorders by replacing microglia, the immune cells that patrol and maintain the brain. Recent studies suggest that microglia replacement could one day help
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In a groundbreaking development, scientists have used artificial intelligence (AI) to design the first-ever viruses capable of infecting and killing strains of Escherichia coli (E. coli). The achievement, reported by Nature, marks
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Could Albert Einstein’s preserved brain hold secrets that modern science can finally unlock? Chinese researchers are investigating that possibility, using cutting-edge RNA-mapping technology to study decades-old biological samples, according to a report
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In January this year, South Korean researcher Byeongjun Park opened an e-mail that would draw him into one of the most heated debates in modern science. Two computer scientists in India told
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Recent scientific research is shedding new light on the dietary habits of Neanderthals, revealing surprising cultural practices and challenging long-held assumptions about what our ancient relatives ate. A detailed report originally published
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The humble potato — long celebrated as a staple food and driver of historic empires — has just had its deepest secret uncovered: it is, quite literally, a child of the tomato.
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In 2005, a groundbreaking experiment changed how scientists understand and detect consciousness. A 23-year-old woman, left unresponsive after a car accident, was asked to imagine playing tennis while undergoing a brain scan.
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For anyone who has ever felt groggy and disoriented after hitting the snooze button, science may now have an answer for why. A groundbreaking study published today in Current Biology has revealed
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The University of Michigan is facing a federal investigation after two Chinese scientists with ties to the university were separately charged with attempting to smuggle biological materials into the United States. The
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Chinese researchers have developed a groundbreaking method to convert carbon dioxide into white sugar, offering a potential solution to global challenges such as climate change and food insecurity. The team from the
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Scientists have sequenced proteins from fossils over 20 million years old, dramatically extending the molecular fossil record—and potentially opening the door to studying dinosaurs at the molecular level. As reported by Nature,
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The laboratory of developmental biologist Michael Levin at Tufts University, with its dozen or so postgrads, is a hub of ideas, experiments, and discoveries. Most exciting is the focus on cognition as
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