In Short

Scientists have been using gallium to poison bacteria...

Tackling malaria family planning through computer modelling

Can we use our bodies to fight back against cancer?

Reprogramming your skin cells could one-day fight skin cancer.

An international team of scientists have detected light from the most luminous galaxy known...

How WW1 impacted how we treat head injuries, then and now.

Will AI be making the medicines of the future, and how clever are ravens?

Non-genetic traits inherited between generations are rarer than previously thought, according to a new study in Cell.

How do we learn about the genetics of cancer?

This month's highlights from the world of neuroscience research...

How can we observe things we can't see?

After a millennium of fighting tuberculosis, we still cannot eradicate it due to emerging antibiotic resistance, but...

Scientists identify a way to target severe gum disease...

Young people are drinking less or not starting to drink alcohol at all, a new study finds...

NASA turns 60 this year! So looking to the future, what does the organisation hope to achieve in the next 60 years?

Scientists have successfully eliminated a group of mosquitoes in the lab, by editing their genes...

Researchers from Yale have developed something called “Omniskin” - a sheet of material that can animate everyday...

Scientists have developed a conductive and magnetic material by linking a metal with rings of carbon and nitrogen,...

How does one of closest relatives share?

Mistakes can haunt us - but do they help us learn?

How can we combine audio cues and GPS to make driving safer?

Researchers have shown goats are more likely to approach smiling faces...

What causes kidney tumours in children? A new study has shed new light and highlighted novel ways to treat the disease...

We meet two top scientists at St John's college at the University of Cambridge...