In episode 3 of 'What's in a name' we look at what can be lost in translation when physicists try and name the unknown.

Accomplishing this will be hard at a time when some world powers are hampering research in the region. Scientists need to ...

Five people have been able to perceive a colour never before seen by human eyes, after researchers used lasers and tracking ...

The international community has a golden opportunity to start reining in the escalating, mostly ignored global burden of chronic kidney disease.

The United States spent roughly US$12 billion on global health in 2024. Without that yearly spending, roughly 25 million ...

Bold claims of ‘biosignature’ molecules trigger an outpouring of scepticism.

All new research grants have been frozen at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) — an action apparently ordered by the ...

Billions of years ago, Mars was warmer and wetter than today, perhaps because volcanoes belched enough carbon dioxide to ...

As the administration of President Donald Trump continues its campaign to reshape the US government with spending cuts and ...

Henry Sila Nzioki has developed a weed-killing fungus to improve food security. “I’m a plant pathologist at the Kenya ...

Japan is brimming with signs of an approaching medical revolution. Shiny white robots are tending dishes of cells, rows of incubators hum in new facilities, and a deluxe, plush-carpeted hospital ...