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China races to build record biobank to rival US drugs research

The Nobel physics prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and includes a prize sum totalling 11 million Swedish crowns  that is shared among the winners.

Trio win Nobel prize for revealing quantum physics in action

Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University say that they solved the problem of the extra set of chromosomes by inducing a process they call mitomeiosis.

Scientists create human eggs using skin cells

Part of the butterfly collection at the Melbourne Museum. Almost eight decades after Colin Wyatt stole and then vandalised thousands of precious Australian butterflies, scientists are still untangling his web of deception.

Australian scientists grapple with ‘despicable’ butterfly heist

The plastic is non-toxic, non-flammable, and does not emit carbon dioxide, Takuzo Aida says.

Scientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours

The wheat flour version developed by Gomez and her team contains probiotics – live microorganisms found in yoghurt and other fermented foods.

Scientists in Mexico develop tortilla for people without a fridge

AI is being increasingly deployed in the workplace, from answering calls to carrying out legal research, following the success of ChatGPT and similar models over the past year.

Google develops AI co-scientist to aid researchers

The team of Austrian researchers put headgear on 20 dogs to detect exactly where the pooches looked when they were confronted with a range of scenarios.

Scientists reveal how to make dogs pay attention

The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), says climate change is pushing the planet’s temperature to levels never before experienced by modern humans.

2024 was the first year above 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming, scientists say

Nobel Committee Secretary General Thomas Perlmann speaks to the media in front of a picture of this year's laureates Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkum during the announcement of the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.

Nobel prize for medicine goes to US scientists Ambros and Ruvkun