The mass cancellation of US federal grants marks yet another escalation in political interference in science, but there are ...

Forty years ago this month, scientists reported that human activities had punctured Earth’s protective ozone layer. What ...

Treatment seems to have been effective, but it is not clear whether such bespoke therapies can be widely applied.

The US administration has cancelled ‘DEI grants’ without defining DEI, leaving health-equity researchers in the dark.

One of the most commonly used gene-delivery methods relies on engineered viruses to insert stretches of genetic material into ...

Lucrative prizes are offered for an AI-powered breakthrough in communications between humans and other species.

Researchers have coaxed stem cells to grow into amniotic sacs filled with fluid 1. The model sacs, which grew to roughly the ...

A device involving solar panels and a gel produces substantial amounts of water in one of the world’s driest deserts.

A single trapped ytterbium ion can be used to simulate complex changes in the energy levels of organic molecules interacting ...

CAR-T-cell therapies can be highly effective cancer treatments, but some recipients have reported long-term difficulties with ...

Tracks in Australia seem to be the earliest known prints of amniotes — a group that includes reptiles, birds and mammals.

System improves chip designs and tackles unsolved maths problems, but has not been rolled out to researchers outside the ...