Graphene-based sensor is a step towards restoring taste for those with neurological conditions. A device that combines a ...

Democrats hosted a protest event featuring ‘things we’ll never know’ because of the US government’s cuts to science.

Exercise is known to boost the effectiveness of cancer drugs called immune checkpoint inhibitors, which unleash the immune ...

Researchers have described proteins that they say are among the most ancient ever sequenced. Two teams, which analysed ...

New research on nanoplastics pollution and ‘chemicals of concern’ underscores the need for a strong agreement when ...

When hunter-gatherers began living close to animals, the pathogens that cause the plague and leprosy got closer too.

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This statement seems to be based on the retraction of a high-profile paper, published in Nature in 2006, showing that amyloid ...

Ancient DNA evidence shows that the advent of agriculture led to more infectious disease among humans, with pathogens from ...

Metal-organic frameworks were the next big thing in chemistry when they were invented more than three decades ago. Now, these intriguing materials are becoming commercial tools for capturing carbon ...

Severe blows to the ‘deaf-scientist pipeline’ must not mean abandoning its best practices. Here is how to support current and ...

On 2 July, a science initiative was born in a lecture hall in London. The Metascience Alliance is a coalition of more than 25 ...