China has approved a brain implant for people with severe paralysis to help restore their hand movements. The brain–computer interface (BCI) is the first in the world to be available for wider use ...

The new five-year plan calls for more original scientific research to facilitate the country's bid for self-reliance.

When densely packed, long molecular chains, such as chromosomes, in living cells can crawl past their neighbours, computer ...

Some researchers are sounding the alarm over the official data sets that track crucial aspects of life in the United States, ...

Skip the complicated regimens and expensive products seen on social media. The science of skin is deep but the ...

The soaring cost and limited supply of computer memory is slowing some projects — and spurring creative approaches.

To model bacterial life, Thornburg and his colleagues turned to one of its simplest examples: a bacterial cell with a ...

Collaboration between researchers and religious leaders led to a cut in the likelihood of early marriage by 80%.

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

Thick, toxic smoke and black, acid rain have blanketed Iran’s capital, Tehran, this week, after missiles damaged oil depots ...

A 56-year-old man with liver failure has become the first living person to be surgically connected to a genetically modified ...

Rapid technological development is prompting urgent discussions on regulating the use and procurement of artificial ...