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We tested the Home Chef meal kit for one week to evaluate the experience, food, and quality. Here's how we found it

Tata Chemicals Europe plant at Northwich will eventually capture 40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year for use in making sodium biocarbonate

Regulatory T cells interact with skin cells using glucocorticoid hormones to generate new hair follicles and promote hair growth. The findings could have positive implications for the development of new therapies to trea...

A loss of smell is a key covid-19 symptom, with researchers finding a link between increasing coronavirus cases in the US and Amazon reviews complaining a scented candle is odourless

Study reveals brain wave activity in the medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala associated with social behavior in mice.

The female hormone estradiol helps suppress itch associated with psoriasis. The findings shed light on why men are more prone to psoriasis and offers hope for new targeted treatment for itch disorders.

An oral antiviral drug that targets a key part of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) polymerase and inhibits the synthesis of viral genetic material has been identified, a finding that could provide an effective treat...

Researchers describe how the microbiomes of people and the homes they live in interact and change each other.

Along with high blood pressure, diabetes, and smoking, environmental factors such as air pollution are highly predictive of people's chances of dying, especially from heart attack and stroke, a new study shows.

Testing how chimpanzees navigate in virtual environments could help researchers understand why they prefer certain routes in the wild over others

An effort to track global changes in human society over the past 10,000 years concludes that warfare drove an increase in social complexity - but others are unconvinced by the work

We subconsciously sniff people when we first meet them and are more likely to become friends with those who have similar body odours to our own

Why that is, is mysterious

A robot that learned to manipulate clay to make letters of the alphabet without any training could one day make dumplings for you

If you find your feet rolling outwards when you run, you need the best running shoes for supination

People who received at least one influenza vaccine were 40% less likely than their non-vaccinated peers to develop Alzheimer's disease over the course of four years, according to a new study.

Shaking antibubbles - droplets of liquid encased in a thin layer of air - prevents them from popping for several hours. These could be used in chemical engineering in the future

The photoelectric effect is one of the most fundamental light-matter interactions, which is widely used in probing ultrafast dynamics in atoms, molecules and condensed matters. It has been in the research spotlight for m...

A study of 116 species of hummingbird suggests the group is collectively more colourful than any other type of bird

With the number of confirmed cases exceeding 3500, the World Health Organization's emergency committee may declare it a public health emergency of international concern - its highest alert level - in the coming days

Severe 'brain bleeds' experienced by some babies in the first year following their birth can lead to long-term sight problems, researchers have found as part of a ten-year follow-up study.

A new study provides additional evidence that COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy helps protect babies younger than 6 months from being hospitalized due to COVID-19.