More than 100 clinical trials put stem cells for regenerative medicine to the test. It’s a turning point for a field beset with ethical and political controversy. A team at Skåne University Hospital in Lund, Sweden, prepares a needle to
The dietary craze of intermittent fasting slows hair regrowth in both humans and mice, experiments show. Human hairs sprout from follicles, which contain stem cells that are sensitive to dietary changes (artificially coloured).Credit: Dr Keith Wheeler/SPL A popular weight-loss regimen
Error-correction feat shows quantum computers will get more accurate as they grow larger. A cryostat in Google’s quantum-computing facility. Credit: Google Quantum AI Researchers at Google have built a chip that has enabled them to demonstrate the first ‘below threshold’
Analysis of 200-million-year-old digested foods reveals how the animals became dominant. Dinosaurs rose to prominence over millions of years.Credit: Arthur Dorety/Stocktrek Images via Alamy NEWS 27 November 2024 Fossilized poo and vomit show how dinosaurs rose to rule Earth Analysis
The US National Ignition Facility is the only laboratory where a nuclear-fusion reaction has generated more energy than it consumed. Here’s how it achieved this historic milestone and sparked fresh interest in fusion energy. The target bay at the
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with. Bluesky has been growing rapidly since 2023.Credit: Matteo Della Torre/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Researchers are flocking to the
Sweeping changes and more research scrutiny could be on the way for the US National Institutes of Health. The US National Institutes of Health, located in Bethesda, Maryland, is composed of 27 institutes and centres.Credit: Duane Lempke (CC0) The world’s
Emerging protein-design competitions aim to sift out the functional from the fantastical. But researchers hope that the real prize will be a revolution for the field. Illustration: Ibrahim Arafath On a Saturday morning in mid-August, Alex Naka embarked on what
Vegetation is spreading at an alarming rate in a place where temperatures are soaring. Hummocks of moss cover Ardley Island off the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.Credit: Dan Charman A fast-warming region of Antarctica is getting greener with shocking speed. Satellite imagery
From alcoholism to Parkinson’s, scientists are studying the mechanisms behind the broad clinical potential of weight-loss drugs. The latest injectable obesity drugs could treat many other disorders. Credit: Joe Buglewicz for The Washington Post via Getty There’s a bar in