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Zika virus can damage neural stem cells and developing brain tissue in culture making it a likely cause of microcephaly...

Researchers have found that pregnant women would be prepared to take part in a gene therapy trial for the condition...

A link between air pollution exposure during pregnancy and subsequent childhood behavioural problems has been revealed...

A new scaffold material for brain cell transplants to improve treatments for neurodegenerative diseases has been...

Bacteria that can degrade PET, one of the most commonly used forms of plastic, have been identified by Japanese...

Bowel bacteria can affect levels of artery clogging chemicals, leading to increased risk of heart attacks and strokes.

A soft robotic skin sensitive to touch and deformation, and with the ability to change colour like an octopus, has been...

A wireless electrode device that beams brainwaves out of the head has enabled monkeys to manoeuvre wheelchairs using...

The first step towards a space-based gravitational wave telescope has been tested successfully by the European Space...

A way to pinpoint damage in blood vessels that could cause a future heart attack has been developed by UK scientists...

A genetic analysis of Australian aborigines confirms when their earliest ancestors first arrived on the Antipodean...

A map charting the ecosystems most vulnerable to a changing climate has been produced by scientists in Norway.

A technique to reprogramme immune cells to wipe out cancer has been tested successfully by scientists in America.

A 3d printer capable of building organs and tissues by printing complex arrangements of cells has been unveiled by US...

The severity of a dose of malaria can be determined by the bugs in the bowel, new research has revealed.

A drug that can block the process in the brain that leads to Alzheimer's has been uncovered by UK scientists.

London-based researchers have received permission to edit the genomes of human embryos for research purposes.

A public health emergency has been declared this week by The World Health Organisation around the outbreak of Zika...

A molecule designed using a computer modelling system protects against lethal doses of different flu strains.

Seagrasses, which evolved on land and have since migrated back into the world's oceans, might hold the key to...

A pregnant mother's immune system appears to converse chemically with a developing baby's brain, which could...

What are the limitations to running up a wall like a spider?

One of the biggest astronomical explosions ever seen has been spotted in a galaxy far, far away.

The seventh row of the periodic table has been completed with the addition of four new super-heavy metals