Physicists report the detection of bursts of cosmic ray electrons accelerated by shock waves originating from major eruptions on the Sun.

A new US-based study uses computer modelling to reveal how bacteria control their chemical production when consuming vegetation.

Hokkaido University Assistant Professor Masaaki Kitajima and Ryo Iwamoto from Shionogi & Co Ltd are developing an innovative early warning and mass diagnosis system...

Scientists have engineered a novel type of plant nanobionic optical sensor that can detect and monitor levels of arsenic in the environment.

Professor John W Harris, from Yale University’s Department of Physics, discusses how a better understanding of what happened immediately after the Big Bang could...

Scientists have unlocked a new method for creating chemical reactions that breaks from the previously understood rules of enzyme engineering. This could open up a wide range of new applications, from creating drugs to methods of food production.

A cohort study in Hong Kong has examined the ways in which physical activity interacts with health and fitness. Physical activity (PA) is a very...

Researchers from academic, governmental and international organisations have identified five large-scale ‘megatrends’ that are likely to have a large impact on forests and forest communities over the coming decade

The Max Planck Institute outline how their lab has designed a new peptide capable of changing the physical structure of cancer cells.

Researchers from Vienna University of Technology, Austria, have been studying the effects of space weather on the Martian moon Phobos.