Medicine

How a few students, an idea, and some maggots became the future of food...

Can you make clothes from food waste?

Expectant mothers often face a dilemma about whether to take medication when they fall ill due to fears it might harm...

The impish smile and garrulous, back-slapping charm that soothes the most anxious patient...

They aren’t what most people think they are, Human eyes...

Research into the remarkable regenerative powers of worms and the insights they can give into battling diseases could...

Bioinks containing stem cells are being used to 3D print living tissues that can be inserted into the body and provoke...

To understand what leads people into violent extremism, scientists are turning the question on its head and asking why...

Not all doom and gloom: new research offers a tantalising alternative to a lifetime’s consumption of pulses and avocado.

A new way to farm indoors using different wavelengths of light could boost the taste of fruits, salads and herbs, while...

Europe’s population is ageing rapidly, yet the majority of car safety equipment is tested using dummies modelled on...

To feed more than 9 billion people by 2050, farmers will have to produce 70% more food. Here's how genetics can...

The message has always been clear: make sure to finish your full course of antibiotics. Or else?

Noise is one of the biggest pollutants in modern cities but the risk is often overlooked despite being linked to an...

In March 2011, my life took a turn when a simple blood sample would reveal whether or not I would have the rare,...

Food fraud, where different or low-quality food is deliberately mislabelled and sold as high-quality goods, risks the...

Antidepressants have long been surrounded by controversy: are too many people taking them? Or are doctors too reluctant...

Micro- and nano-robots built for medical purposes have the potential to venture deep within our bodies to repair damage...

I often get a rock or a twig for my birthday. It probably sounds a bit odd, but you see, we lichenologists - people who...

What is Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and how can we better monitor and treat it?

We have all been there. You have just sat down, perhaps on a train or in a lecture, when the person next to you sneezes...

A guide to the latest genome editing technology...

Every time Tim sees the letter “E,” he also sees the color red...

A new tool that uses molecular clues to determine what someone has eaten and a better understanding of how genes affect...