When given information about its human opponents, the large language model GPT-4 was able to make particularly convincing ...

Since Trump came to office, more than 800 existing research NIH grants have been terminated. Grant reviews have been held up ...

The only gene-editing therapy currently on the market is a CRISPR–Cas9-based treatment for two blood disorders, sickle-cell ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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