The rapid advance of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked a global technological race to produce computer chips that power the models. A US ban on selling high-quality computer chips to ...

The first set of results from a pioneering cosmic-mapping project hints that the repulsive force known as dark energy has ...

The contest to elect the next president of Paris-Saclay University has collapsed, reflecting wider issues at the giant research centre.

The sky over Italy’s Mount Etna fills with ‘smoke rings’ as a newly formed crater puffs out perfect circles of vapour. The circles — called volcanic vortex rings — form when cold air above the volcano ...

Researchers are developing vaccines and fresh drug approaches to prevent and treat recurring infections without antibiotics.

An orangutan in Sumatra surprised scientists when he was seen treating an open wound on his cheek with a poultice made from a ...

Bacteria that make food using a compound other than chlorophyll could paint other planets in a wide range of colours.

Lawmakers interrogated Peter Daszak over his ties to China and whether his organisation, EcoHealth Alliance, has been a good ...

Zhang Yongzhen shared the genomic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 with the world, speeding the development of vaccines.

Decades of evidence shows that exercise leads to healthier, longer lives. Researchers are just starting to work out what it ...

Scientists identify the brain cells that regulate inflammation, and pinpoint how they keep tabs on the immune response.

Some scholars are reluctant to research sex and gender out of fear that their studies will be misused. In a series of ...