MRI scans suggest runners’ brains might use the fatty substance myelin as fuel. The finding could lead to treatments for ...

A paralysed man can stand on his own after receiving an injection of neural stem cells to treat his spinal cord injury. The ...

The document asks US-funded scientists in Australia, the UK and the EU to declare links to China or projects on diversity, ...

Researchers have genetically engineered microbes to produce a strong, flexible plastic similar to nylon for the first time.

The European physics laboratory CERN is planning to build a mega collider by 2070. Critics say the plan could lead to its ...

Spending on research, including at the NIH, will see modest cuts this year. But the threat of big reductions in future remain ...

Furloughs and more staff reductions loom as academic institutions contend with the prospect of even deeper cuts to federal ...

Physicists had long assumed that the elusive force has constant strength. But the latest results from a project to map the ...

The fears over mRNA-vaccine grant cancellations come after NIH staff members were instructed to compile a list of grants for ...

New metric assesses how AI is getting better at completing long tasks — but some researchers are wary of long-term ...

The Minerva initiative was launched in 2008, and grants are managed by research offices run by the army, air force and navy.

A crackdown on sulfur in ship fuel is linked to a steep drop in thunderclouds in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea.