Surgeons have developed two low-cost techniques to revive the hearts of people who wish to donate their organs after they die ...

Certain patterns of brain activity during awakening correlate with a lower likelihood of the bleary-eyed state called ‘sleep ...

Emerging dangers are reshaping the landscape of nuclear deterrence and increasing the threat of mutual annihilation.

Long-awaited results suggest that mitochondrial donation can prevent babies from inheriting diseases caused by mutant ...

A study in mice finds that a high-sucrose diet during youth has long-term implications for learning and brain connectivity.

The Langlands programme has inspired and befuddled mathematicians for more than 50 years. A major advance has now opened up ...

Island life has given the world’s largest bats their gargantuan wingspans, which can reach nearly 2 metres 1.

“It’s the most massive [merger] so far,” says Mark Hannam, a physicist at Cardiff University, UK, and part of the LVK ...

A bacterially produced molecule circulates in the bloodstream and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by hijacking ...

The next generation of deep-brain stimulation automatically corrects the precise brain waves that create symptoms of ...

Mental illness cost Imtiaz Zafar almost a decade of his academic life. Now it motivates him to help find effective treatments ...

The researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to probe the chemical make-up of material around the star, and found the ...