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Sickle cell CRISPR 'cure' is the start of a revolu...
The approval of a CRISPR treatment, for sickle cell and beta thalassemia, is just the start for a te...
Tiny lasers can be made from soap bubbles
Shining light on bubbles made from soapy water mixed with a fluorescent dye turns them into tiny las...
Blood test could predict the severity of depressio...
Researchers have found nine markers in blood that are associated with adolescents experiencing more ...
Flexible needle goes soft after injections for saf...
Needles and catheters can irritate the body and may pose a risk to others if not properly disposed o...
Cannabis can harm young brains but may improve lea...
There is growing evidence that cannabis use may disrupt adolescent brain development, but in older a...
Game-playing DeepMind AI can beat top humans at ch...
An artificial intelligence capable of beating humans at a variety of games is an important step towa...
Fossil footprints are the oldest traces of birds i...
A set of tracks made over 120 million years ago push back the earliest known appearance of birds in ...
Ultracold atoms in space will let us stress test E...
Potassium and rubidium atoms aboard the International Space Station have been cooled almost to absol...
Fluffy exoplanet blasted by its sun has clouds tha...
The James Webb Space Telescope has let us peer into the atmosphere of gas giant planet WASP-107b, an...
The brain's waste disposal system can prevent swel...
A blow to the head may suppress the brain's waste disposal system, leading to a dangerous build-up o...
3D-printed robotic hand has working tendons and mu...
The ability to 3D print using bendy and rigid materials at the same time could open up new possibili...
The archaeological finds that show art is far olde...
We used to trace the origins of art to Stone Age Europe. Now we have evidence of artistic sensibilit...
Inflatable exoskeleton could build strength in inj...
An exoskeleton that moves the wrists up and down and side to side could help people recover from inj...
GPT-4 gives medical advice that saves doctors' tim...
The AI that powers ChatGPT could save doctors' time when responding to cancer-related queries, but a...
Comets may bring ingredients for life most easily ...
Comets may be a key source for the building blocks of life, but the only planetary systems where tho...
Ants treat their own fungal infections by eating a...
Silky ants with a fungal infection favour food containing aphids, which are a source of hydrogen per...
Anemones are first known animals to follow the sun...
Snakelocks anemones are the first known “heliotropic” animals – their tentacles point towards the su...
Covid-19 rebound affects 1 in 5 people after takin...
Covid-19 rebound, when the virus increases in the body after initially decreasing, affected just und...
