Nuclear deterrence is no longer a two-player game, and emerging technologies further threaten the status quo. The result is a ...

A study in mice finds that a high-sucrose diet during youth has long-term implications for learning and brain connectivity.

The world entered the nuclear age 80 years ago this week, when the US military tested the first atomic bomb at the Trinity ...

Surgeons have developed two low-cost techniques to revive the hearts of people who wish to donate their organs after they die ...

Certain patterns of brain activity during awakening correlate with a lower likelihood of the bleary-eyed state called ‘sleep ...

Island life has given the world’s largest bats their gargantuan wingspans, which can reach nearly 2 metres 1.

The Langlands programme has inspired and befuddled mathematicians for more than 50 years. A major advance has now opened up ...

Long-awaited results suggest that mitochondrial donation can prevent babies from inheriting diseases caused by mutant ...

The researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to probe the chemical make-up of material around the star, and found the ...

A bacterially produced molecule circulates in the bloodstream and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by hijacking ...

Plant diseases constitute a constant threat to global food security. A protein-engineering strategy, in which a ...

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