In Short

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...

A new rapid test can diagnose tuberculosis (TB) and rapidly determine whether a patient is responding to treatment...

Could life begin outside our solar system?

How did the skeleton evolve?

Voluntary male circumcision reduces the risk of getting HIV by 80%.

How do we make more efficient jet engines?

What is radiation and how do the public perceive nuclear energy?

Could blocking the survival of 'memory' immune cells cure a disfiguring skin condition?

A robot powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) is helping chemists to discover new molecules and chemical reactions...

Scientists have re-programmed the immune system to attack cancer cells...

Can building new blood vessels inside the body prevent tissue death?

People living at high altitudes seem to have smaller arms...

What danger do asteroids pose to humanity?