The NIH is by far the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research, with an annual budget of US$47 billion paying for ...

The IEA report finds that the US, Europe, and China are collectively responsible for 85% of data centres’ current energy ...

Damage done to the skin can increase the risk of an allergic reaction in other organs. Injuries to a mouse’s skin can ignite ...

To test whether the neurons were functional, the researchers injected them into the brains of rats treated with a neurotoxin ...

A fossilized jawbone found off the coast of Taiwan more than 20 years ago belonged to a group of ancient humans, called the ...

It is no heavier than 0.45 electron volts (eV) — less than one-millionth the mass of an electron, the next-lightest known ...

Heaviest known elementary particles and their antimatter counterparts are detected after nuclear smash-ups at the Large ...

Gene editing and many other useful biotechnology tools came from studies of bacteria fighting off viral invaders. But ...

Scientists working on artificial intelligence are more confident than the public that the technology will benefit people.

DNA sequences for the chimpanzee, orangutans and more will help scientists to determine what sets humans apart from other ...

Researchers have created the largest and most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian brain to date, by mapping cells in a ...

US National Science Foundation announces lowest number of Graduate Research Fellowship Programme recipients in 15 years.