Twenty years of publishing data across many countries and disciplines show women are more likely than men to leave research.

In a deft experiment, biologists have recreated a system that could have birthed essential cell features such as mitochondria ...

The parts of a 3D-printed device can be changed out, allowing for versatility as well as ultrahigh resolution.

Volunteers played a key part in validating a gigantic neuroscience study mapping the fruit-fly brain. It shows what can be ...

Physicists have identified new forms of γ-ray radiation created inside thunderclouds, and shown that levels of γ-ray production are much higher on Earth than previously thought.

Daring flights in an old spy plane observe powerful gamma-ray flashes that could help explain the cause of lightning.

As development of the technology accelerates, countries are weighing the costs and benefits of how they regulate it.

Using creative approaches and next-generation tools, these researchers hope to shed light on long-standing mysteries in ...

Fieldwork can be deadly: heads of expeditions must be taught how to cope in a crisis.

Pulses of light and sound seem to have beneficial effects. But some argue it is too soon to market experimental devices.

Therapeutic T cells used to treat acute myeloid leukaemia secrete proteins that impair the cells’ own ability to attack ...

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