Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of ...

Easton R. White is an assistant professor of biology at the University of New Hampshire who studies biodiversity and ...

The scientific Nobels announced this week — in Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry — honored achievements rooted in fundamental research from decades ago. By Katrina Miller Katrina Miller ...

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Scientists have always needed someone to help foot the bill for their work. In the 19th century, for example, Charles Darwin made an expensive voyage to the southernmost tip of the Americas, visiting ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. For most people, medicines are a bottle of pills on a shelf — made by ...

A surprising link between Alzheimer’s and cancer reveals that amyloid beta, a harmful protein in the brain, actually empowers the immune system. It strengthens T-cells’ energy production, helping them ...

Nearly 60 years ago, the original Star Trek series ignited a dream in the public’s imagination: that one day, people would travel the galaxy in ships propelled by faster-than-light “warp drives.” The ...

The Government's basic income scheme for artists is set to become a permanent fixture from next year, with 2,000 new places to be made available under Budget 2026. Minister for Culture Patrick ...

This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to scientists who elucidated the "brake" mechanism of the human immune system. On October 6 (local time), the Nobel Committee at ...

This article is part of “Innovations In: Type 1 Diabetes,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex. A little more than a century ago a diagnosis ...

The Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) has refuted claims of not releasing the September payments for education and general assistants. These assistants work in schools under the Basic ...