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An analysis of 35 bat species found in Central America, Bulgaria and China shows that the landing style each species takes is related to the make-up of their roosts

The enormous pledge encompasses over 85% of the world's forests and more than 100 nations.

A new study reveals a link between sleep and reading ability in children. Children who experienced sleep problems had lower performance outcomes on tests of reading than their peers who slept well.

Brain organoids can be used to study molecular mechanisms that drive brain aging and neurodegenerative disorders. The mini-brains allow for the testing of molecules that could become potential therapeutic treatment optio...

In a breakthrough for the treatment of aggressive solid cancers, researchers have developed a novel cancer therapy that targets proteins inside cancer cells that are essential for tumor growth and survival but have been ...

Video conferencing played a key role during the COVID-19 pandemic and is set to dominate many meetings in the future. To realize the true feeling of a face-to-face dialog, three dimensional video is required and yet the ...

Malaria, a pathogen transmitted into blood by mosquitoes in tropical climates, is typically thought of as a blood and liver infection. However researchers have detected antibodies primarily made in response to infections...

Researchers shed light on how sensory information and cognitive processing interact in the brain to produce our perception of the world around us.

Study reveals how the brain utilizes forward-thinking when we try to influence others or gain social control.

An international team of scientists from Austria and Germany has launched a new paradigm in magnetism and superconductivity, putting effects of curvature, topology, and 3D geometry into the spotlight of next-decade resea...

Copper has been clinically improving the lives of people since about 1500 BCE, when an Egyptian physician first recorded its use as a treatment for inflammation. Some 35 centuries later, researchers have provided solid e...

Comets are icy and dusty snowballs of material that have remained relatively unchanged since they first formed billions of years ago. Studying the small bodies provides clues about the formation of the solar system.

Organisational chaos continues at the COP26 climate summit, with disability access issues keeping key players out, while the UK's net-zero business plans are mostly symbolic

Molnupiravir is an investigational oral antiviral being developed for the treatment of COVID-19, and has been submitted for review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Researchers now report that they have engineere...

A new machine learning model accurately predicts whether immune checkpoint blockade (ICB), a growing class of immunotherapy drugs, will be effective in patients diagnosed with a wide variety of cancers. The forecasting t...

A new gene therapy targeting the small brain region where dopamine neurons reside, the substantia nigra, substantially boosts the benefits of the drug levodopa in Parkinson's. The therapy restored the ability of these ne...

Scientists have identified how a protein in the brain uses information about the body's energy balance to regulate growth rate and the onset of puberty in children.

Researchers have identified a key molecule in certain kinds of breast cancers that prevent immune cells from entering tumors and killing the cancer cells inside. This research could pave the way toward a new treatment fo...

An ambitious directory of elephant behaviours and vocalisations offers amazing insights into their minds and culture - and could help save these magnificent beasts from extinction

Despite decades of research, there's no consensus on what causes Alzheimer's. But a new way of thinking is transforming how we study the condition, and could finally deliver effective treatments

Natural disasters boost couples' satisfaction, plus growing concrete and the microbes having sex in your Stilton, in Feedback's weird weekly round-up

By turns majestic and intricately detailed, the birdlife photographed for Tim Flach's new book, Birds, offers a beautiful showcase of avian diversity