August 23, 2025

A. James Hudspeth, the American neuroscientist credited with discovering how the inner ear translates sound into signals for the brain, has died at the age of 79.

Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Physiology

August 14, 2025

Generative AI has enabled the creation of novel antibiotics capable of killing two highly drug resistant infections.

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Molecular Biology, Pharmaceutical, Policy

August 8, 2025

Developments in ultrasound technology have provided a means for tackling difficult pollutants in water, avoiding the addition of chemicals in the process.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Chemistry, Environment, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Health, Medical/Health, Molecular Biology

July 20, 2025

Older male endurance athletes may be at higher risk of abnormal heart rhythms, according to a study funded by the British Heart Foundation.

Health, Health/Diagnostics, Pathology

July 14, 2025

Technician staffed virtual eye clinics in shopping centres can help significantly reduce serious appointment bottlenecks, concludes a UCL-led study.

Health, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health

July 13, 2025

Rising temperatures and an aging population could result in a fiftyfold increase in heat related deaths in England and Wales over the next half century, suggests a new research paper.

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Health, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Policy

June 28, 2025

Global warming is enhancing the presence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in soil microbes, warns a new report.

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Environmental, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Pathology, Policy, Soil Science

June 9, 2025

A new international study claims that mRNA vaccines may be associated with a lower risk of developing Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS).

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Covid-19, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Policy, Virology

June 1, 2025

Public interest in the significance of the microbiome has been increasing but until now testing has not always been sufficiently rigorous, says Jeremy Wilkinson.

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Comment And Analysis, Health, Immunology, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical

May 28, 2025

Space pioneers have joined an international effort to unravel the mechanisms behind what they describe as one of medicine’s last frontiers: the aging process.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Atmospheric Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Cell Biology, Cytology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Environment, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Pharmaceutical