Scientists are studying forms of ‘social’ interactions between artificial-intelligence agents. Will they find a fresh form of ...

Once-threatened koala populations in parts of Australia are showing surprising signs of genomic recovery, according to a ...

The Möbius strip, a twisted loop with one continuous surface, is inspiring chemists to create novel molecular structures. A team has synthesized a type of carbon-based molecule with an unprecedented ...

When specialized cells called tanycytes stop working, disease-causing tau proteins build up in the brain. A group of specialized cells play a crucial part in clearing toxic proteins from inside the ...

A systemic failure of oversight allowed the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to curry favour with academia. Stronger governance is urgently needed.

Study of 600,000 US military veterans shows that those who took anti-obesity medications were less likely to develop some complications of substance-use disorders.

Their makers claim they can detect dozens of cancer types — but some scientists say they could be missing many cancers or ...

After decades of debate, researchers say that they have found the clearest evidence yet for this rare form of carbon.

In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis couldn’t distinguish between twin brothers, but emerging scientific methods could help in such cases.

The Evo2 genomic language model can generate short genome sequences, but scientists say further advances are needed to write ...

Finding out how microbes make compounds containing the diazo chemical group could help researchers to synthesize useful ...

The Indus Waters Treaty withstood several armed conflicts and a huge loss of glaciers. It should serve as a blueprint for ...