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 ...

Cryosleep’ remains the preserve of science fiction, but researchers are getting closer to restoring brain function after deep freezing.

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

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

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

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 ...

Chung’s group captured the transition period directly by improving the time resolution of a method called single-molecule ...