Category: Science & Research

Damaged fat cells may help drive diabetes by losing their capacity to store lipids safely, becoming inflamed and eventually disappearing, research into a rare

Astronomers have detected a four-carbon sugar in a cloud near the centre of the Milky Way, establishing that biologically useful carbohydrates can form in

Watching television very often during midlife may be associated with smaller brain regions and greater signs of damage to the brain’s white matter more

Ancient DNA from China’s 4,000-year-old Shimao city has revealed a deeply rooted population organised around paternal family lines, rigid social hierarchy and carefully structured

Gardening is emerging as a practical route to healthier ageing, combining moderate exercise, stress relief, mental stimulation and social connection in an activity that

Musician and retro-technology enthusiast Chris Graue has released free 3D-printable files that allow a modified Game Boy Camera to connect to a standard telescope,

Eli Lilly’s once-daily weight-loss pill orforglipron has strengthened its case as a potential mass-market challenger to oral semaglutide after a large head-to-head trial showed

Abu Dhabi has unveiled two collaborations with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to strengthen cancer research, artificial intelligence-enabled oncology and faster translation of laboratory

Scientists have identified a possible route by which Alzheimer’s disease advances through the brain, after finding that a protein normally involved in neuron-to-neuron communication

Hawaii’s effort to turn discarded fishing nets and household plastic into asphalt has moved from laboratory promise to road trials, offering the island chain

Cornell University undergraduates have won the grand prize at The Farm Robotics Challenge with an autonomous robot that kills weeds using targeted electric shocks,

Oxford physicists have demonstrated a new class of Schrödinger’s cat-like quantum states, pushing laboratory control of quantum superposition beyond the familiar model of two

Scientists have identified cancer-linked mutations in brain immune cells that may help fuel Alzheimer’s disease, opening a new line of inquiry into how ageing

Researchers reviewing federally backed evidence on alcohol and health have recommended that adults consume no more than one alcoholic drink a day, after finding

Bumblebees have been shown to solve a complex tool-use puzzle without being trained, strengthening evidence that advanced problem-solving is not confined to humans, apes,

Controlled fire whirls have emerged as a promising tool for tackling offshore oil spills after large-scale field tests showed that spinning columns of flame

Scientists have identified a vast fan-shaped geological structure buried beneath East Antarctica, linking several major subglacial basins into one coherent system that may influence

MIT and IBM researchers have opened a new front in multimodal artificial intelligence by releasing ChartNet, a large synthetic dataset designed to teach smaller

Scientists have identified a link between biological changes present at birth, the development of gut bacteria during infancy and early signs of autism spectrum

Solar physicists have identified a hidden change inside the Sun that could force a reassessment of how space-weather models track the solar cycle, after

Low levels of vitamin B12 and folate may be tied to persistent fatigue and weaker motivation even among adults who appear otherwise healthy, adding

Cannabidiol has shown signs of reducing damaging brain inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease experiments, strengthening scientific interest in immune-based approaches to a disorder still dominated

Humanity is consuming resources at a rate the planet cannot sustain, a new peer-reviewed study has warned, placing pressure on food systems, climate stability,

Nitrate-rich beetroot juice can lower blood pressure in older adults within two weeks by changing bacteria in the mouth, adding fresh weight to evidence

Cornell engineers have built a robotic collective that moves, reshapes and adapts without a central controller, marking a fresh advance in efforts to design

Cambridge researchers have built a new class of light-emitting diode by electrically activating insulating nanoparticles, a breakthrough that could widen the path for sharper

Scientists have found radioactive iron from exploded stars locked inside Antarctic ice, offering fresh evidence that Earth is moving through a cloud of ancient

Qatar Science & Technology Park has launched a $30 million Tech Venture Fund to back early-stage deeptech companies headquartered in Qatar, positioning the initiative

Cannabis use among people over 65 is climbing as legal access expands, but specialists are warning that the drug may carry higher risks for

Fresh scrutiny of one of Earth’s largest known eruptions is weakening the idea that humanity was almost erased by a volcanic winter 74,000 years

Saudi Arabia’s biodiversity record has expanded with Taibah University documenting a previously undescribed burrowing scorpion species from Harrat Uwayrid in AlUla Governorate, marking a

MIT neuroscientists have identified a large pool of dormant neural connections in the adult brain, challenging a long-held assumption that “silent synapses” largely disappear

Patients offered a new generation of Alzheimer’s drugs face a sharper debate over whether modest biological gains justify the risks of brain swelling, bleeding

Giant prehistoric insects may not have owed their extraordinary size to oxygen-rich air after all, after new research challenged one of palaeobiology’s most familiar