Because it doesn’t need expensive energy storage for times without sunshine, the technology could provide communities with drinking water at low costs.

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their discovery of microRNAs, molecules that turn genes on and off – and cause disease when they go awry.

A newly designed drug is effective against drug-sensitive and drug-resistant strains of human malaria parasites, researchers say.

New treatments for diabetes and hormone disorders could come from an unexpected place: one of the world's most venomous animals.

Researchers are uncovering the ways by which dad, mom or both parents drinking can result in fetal alcohol syndrome and other lifelong effects on children.

Large multi-ring-containing molecules known as oligocyclotryptamines have never been produced in the lab until now.

The simplicity of green belt policy means these protected countryside spaces have stood the test of time, but they haven’t adapted to changing needs or pressures.

Less sleep and later bedtimes are linked to a section of the brain involved in emotion regulation suffering reduced growth, along with weaker connections to other brain areas.

The countries most responsible for climate-driven extreme weather must do more to help.