Some glioblastomas steal serine from their environment — a weakness that opens the door to treatment. A highly lethal type of ...

Around 1,460 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide can be safely stored underground, but this limit could be reached by 2200.

Reductase enzymes catalyse the conversion of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N 2 O) to environmentally benign dinitrogen gas. The discovery of a microbial N 2 O reductase reveals a previously ...

When the researchers peered inside colonies of the Iberian harvester ant, they found two types of ant that looked very ...

Iberian Harvester Ants can produce males that are genetically different species — plus, new insights into preventing deadly ...

Raising millions upon millions of disease-fighting mosquitoes per week is no easy task, Nature learnt during its visit to the ...

Foreseeing clashes of cultures is the key to making industry-academic collaborations mutually beneficial. For academics, ...

The worst excesses of industrial food production must be reined in, while ensuring people have access to adequate calories.

These foods have been linked to obesity and other health troubles, but some scientists argue the grouping is too broad to ...

After more than 200 years, one of Benjamin Franklin’s most famous inventions, bifocal spectacles, could undergo a major ...