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

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

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

Oil and water contained in a cylinder with magnetic nickel particles form the shape of a Grecian urn. A combination of oil, ...

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

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

Biomolecular analysis shows that unusual book coverings are made of sealskin, hinting at far-flung trade networks.

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

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

Researchers are studying why the energy factories are moving between cells and whether the process can be harnessed to treat ...

Without clear protocols to catch errors, artificial intelligence’s growing role in science could do more harm than good.

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