A scorpion does not look like an animal in need of more firepower. It arrives already armed, with claws at one end and a hypodermic tail at the other. But under a microscope, its weapons turn out to ...

From blood to mud: medical tech that once studied viruses and tumours now analyses ancient mud and ice to look for ...

Christophe Leterrier uses advanced microscopy to uncover neurons’ intricate nanostructure and dynamics while creating ...

The analysis revealed a clear pattern. Neurons are arranged in tightly packed, overlapping horizontal stripes based on the ...

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have developed a solid polymer coated with harmless viruses to detect the bacteria Salmonella enterica (S. enterica), an advance that could lead to ...

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have developed a solid polymer coated with harmless viruses to detect ...

Bing. Another email. Bzzzz. A text message. Bloop-bloop. An incoming video call. In today’s fast-paced, always-connected world, email and text alerts arrive at all hours, deadlines creep into weekends ...

A protein found only in microscopic tardigrades, one that allows them to survive extreme conditions like dehydration, can convey similar durability in synthetic cells, according to new research from ...

How do you make four go into one? Very cleverly, it turns out.

The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.

A research team from the School of Biomedical Sciences at the LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), ...