
Discovery of lithium’s essential role in Alzheimer’s disease opens a hopeful avenue for treatment
A Harvard team reverses dementia in mice with a metal supplement, after showing that its deficiency drives the disease

A Harvard team reverses dementia in mice with a metal supplement, after showing that its deficiency drives the disease

A team led by Chinese scientists found that there was a natural crossing nine million years ago, in an investigation with geopolitical implications: whoever controls potatoes dominates the world

The Spanish doctor, of the US National Science Foundation, is the only employee to put his full name to a letter against the dismantling of the government agency

The researcher has penned crime novels full of death — and received more than $5.8 million from the European Union toward finding the cure for cancer

An international team of scientists has discovered a genetic fragment on four continents that makes microbes resistant to an entire family of antibiotics

The discovery, made thanks to an experiment involving hundreds of bank employees in Spain, opens the door to new treatments beyond reducing cholesterol

The biochemist, who died at 88 in La Jolla, California, transformed the lives of millions after participating in the development of 40 new drugs, including the best-selling one in history

China’s Hong Wang has just accomplished one of the greatest mathematical achievements of the 21st century
The virologist, awarded for his part in the discovery of the hepatitis C virus, has helped save the lives of millions of people

A team of researchers and engineers has been secretly working for three years on one of humanity’s most devilish enigmas, the solution of which is considered imminent thanks to artificial intelligence

An analysis of thousands of people suggests that these strategies, especially eating every other day, are an alternative to traditional weight loss methods
The biologist explains his latest discoveries, his new tattoo, his kidnapping, and his five rules for being creative

A new tool reveals the alleged cheating committed for years by the chemist, who was recently honored at the Kremlin

The residents of the peaceful Juzbado, in the province of Salamanca, are surprised to learn that more than 90% of the local workers make their living from the technology sector

The evolution of a single gene from the bubonic plague microbe allowed it to survive for centuries — and to this very day

The Complutense University of Madrid is clearing out the Olavide Museum — an invaluable repository of medical history, with wax figures representing hundreds of patients afflicted by harrowing diseases

Scientists and the military are monitoring in real time the deformation of Deception Island, where past eruptions destroyed stations erected by two other countries

This new immunotherapy is particularly effective in several types of solid tumors, but it will take time to confirm its long-term benefits

Three American siblings and six other children born with a rare, life-threatening disease are returning to normal life thanks to a genetic treatment developed in Madrid

Four US experts propose using still-breathing humans to advance drug research

The journal ‘Scientific Reports’ has retracted the study that claimed a massive airburst devastated a city in the Jordan River Valley 3,600 years ago, inspiring the biblical tale of the Sodomites

The American doctor has revealed that enigmatic DNA circles are present in more than half of patients with highly aggressive tumors

A scientific team has used millions of human cells to build neural circuits in the laboratory that sense painful stimuli and trigger suffering

A new observation estimates that the space rock measures 60 meters and has a 2% chance of impacting the satellite

Microscopic red algae, responsible for a phenomenon also known as watermelon snow or blood snow, are proliferating due to global warming and in turn accelerating it

The researchers believe that these ‘whispering beams’ could be used to transmit personalized messages in public spaces, such as museums, or for military purposes

A team from EL PAÍS joins the Spanish expedition which has detected the spread of deadly avian flu among Antarctic fauna using a floating laboratory