Researchers summarize key insights from the world’s first comprehensive investigation into how a pandemic started.
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The country is facing a coming wave of dementia for its ageing population, and is investing in research into drugs, ...
Scientific knowledge about the damaging effects of nuclear-weapons testing helped to end such tests. Those findings haven’t changed.
A system of five models helps peer reviewers to write more constructive comments, but it is not yet known whether this ...
Women and children moving through Europe became victims of mass violence.
Most research on autism focuses on younger people, but some studies suggest older adults face increased risks — and perhaps ...
An innovative approach supercharges the innate immune system to provide a first line of defence against respiratory ...
Regenerative medicines are headed for people with Parkinson’s disease or severe heart failure — but researchers are concerned about minimal clinical-trial data.
If confirmed, Jim O'Neill would be the first non-scientist or non-engineer to lead the agency, which is a big funder of US ...
Scientists and medical experts are countering climate denialism, vaccine scepticism and wellness pseudoscience on social ...