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 ...

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Study reveals how the tech behemoth is using the motions sensors on phones to expand quake warnings to more countries.

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