More than 100 clinical trials put stem cells for regenerative medicine to the test. It’s a turning point for a field beset ...

Knitted fabrics obey extremely complicated physics, arising from both the properties of the constituent yarn and the fibres’ ...

Lizzie Collingham is a historian of food and bye-fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, UK. Her books include The Hungry Empire ...

People have profoundly altered the planet’s soundscape. It’s time to quieten down so that other species can thrive.

D models of Australopithecus afarensis suggest the muscular adaptations that made modern humans better runners.

Researchers have identified molecules circulating in the blood that are associated with age-related cellular deterioration 1.

Understanding China’s and other nations’ responses to US trade measures can help policymakers and firms find ways to manage ...

Paper on hydroxychloroquine led by French researcher Didier Raoult is second-most-cited study ever to be withdrawn.

Anxiety, uncertainty and a renewed sense of purpose are surging in the community.

In the study, which has taken two years and was posted on 26 November to the medRxiv preprint server 1, a team of more than ...

Gene-editing technologies for cancer and blood disorders are maturing a little more than a year after the first CRISPR drug ...

A naturally occurring compound involved in digestion lengthens lifespan in flies and makes old mice more youthful.