Inhalers that combine relieving breathlessness with preventing it seem to be the most effective option for reducing asthma ...

The shared ancestor of our species, the Neanderthals and the Denisovans may be far older than we thought – which could ...

Novels need a gripping story to stay popular as the decades pass, but it seems that other less-obvious factors may also ...

The revelation that endometriosis is linked to autoimmune disorders is opening up a whole new way to treat this painful and ...

The rhythm of an infant's brain activity seems to put them in constant learning mode, whereas that of an adult may allow them ...

There are signs deep beneath the Pacific Ocean that an exploding star once sent cosmic rays blasting out towards Earth, and ...

Huntington’s disease has been successfully treated for the first time using a gene therapy, which may be available in the US ...

Scientists have studied the genetics and lifestyle factors that enabled María Branyas Morera, officially the oldest person in ...

Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to ...

Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

An array of 6100 ultracold caesium atoms controlled by lasers is the largest collection of qubits ever assembled, and ...

It has been suggested that lava tubes - underground tunnels carved out by molten rock - might be on Venus, and now we have ...