New Scientist
A distant comet is forming new rings while we watc...
The comet-like object Chiron has been caught in the process of forming new rings, which could help u...
Everything is perimenopause now – but what if it’s...
Many of the signs of perimenopause can also be symptoms of other conditions, and some of these get i...
Breastfeeding causes a surge in immune cells that ...
Breastfeeding seems to cause specialised immune cells to flood into the breasts and stay there for y...
The extraordinary influence of the lymphatic syste...
It has remained mysterious for millennia, but we’re finally uncovering the profound role the lymphat...
Eye implant and high-tech glasses restore vision l...
Age-related macular degeneration is a common cause of vision loss, with existing treatments only abl...
Hand-powered device disinfects drinking water with...
Turning the crank on a simple device filled with nanoparticles can remove serious pathogens from wat...
Neanderthal-human hybrids may have been scourged b...
When Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred, a genetic variation affecting red blood cells may have...
mRNA covid vaccines spark immune response that may...
An analysis of patient records suggests that mRNA covid-19 vaccines boost the immune response to can...
‘Nightmare’ calculation may be too tricky for even...
Quantum computers hold great potential for solving many problems more quickly or efficiently than co...
Replacing sugar with artificial sweetener may help...
One of the longest trials of artificial sweeteners to date found that they may increase beneficial g...
We can use ordinary sugar in the search for dark m...
Physicists have tried so many different ways to find dark matter, but none has been successful. Now ...
We're starting to understand why childhood adversi...
Experiencing severe hardship in childhood can have a lasting impact. Understanding this better could...
Record-breaking chip sidesteps Moore’s law by grow...
A new chip design includes 41 vertical layers of semiconductor and insulator materials, which allow ...
The centre of our galaxy may be teeming with dark ...
A mysterious excess of gamma rays in the middle of the Milky Way may come from dark matter particles...
There's a simple way we could drastically cut AI e...
If users chose the most efficient model each time they performed a task with AI, researchers calcula...
Are biofuels a good idea? Only if you're a farmer ...
The rush to grow more biofuels continues, despite the fact they increase CO2 emissions rather than l...
School phone bans may actually harm some students'...
The evidence to support phone bans in schools has been inconclusive, and now it seems that the move ...
Mathematicians have found a hidden 'reset button' ...
Mathematicians thought that they understood how rotation works, but now a new proof has revealed a s...
