By tracing when variations in the human genome first appeared, researchers have found that advances in cognitive abilities ...

The strong nuclear force may abruptly loosen its grip on the fundamental particles that make up matter at a special “critical ...

People with irritable bowel syndrome are often only given treatments like cognitive behavioural therapy after others have ...

The longevity of naked mole rats may partly be due to them having a variant of a key protein that boosts DNA repair – a ...

Feedback is shocked to learn that one of our most cherished metaphors involving roses and thorns really needs to be revisited ...

A woman's fertility declines with age, which is often attributed to a fall in egg number and quality, but the environment of ...

Short pulses of light that impart rotation on a material's atoms can be used to switch a property called ferroaxiality, which ...

The first ever transplantation of a pig's liver into a living person helps us better understand how animal organs can be used ...

A memory chip just 10 atoms thick has been tested in a lab and integrated into conventional chips, demonstrating a technology ...

The 2025 Nobel prize in physics has gone to John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis, whose work has led to the ...

Older men are more likely to pass on disease-causing mutations to their children because of the faster growth of mutant cells ...

Immunologist Daniel Davis wants to eradicate long-held myths and replace them with wonder at the complexity of the body’s ...