Spanish scientist Miguel Angel Esteban has joined forces with Chinese researchers to create a primate that has two thirds of its cells from another monkey embryo and could help with research on human disease, such as Alzheimer’s
A new study shows that similar galaxies existed 11.7 billion years ago, when the universe was barely 15% of its current age
The academics were allegedly paid up to €70,000 a year for falsely stating that they worked for Saudi institutions
The mysterious dense layers of the Earth’s mantle could be remains from our planet’s collision with the protoplanet Tea 4.5 billion years ago
An analysis suggests that some academic publishers have multiplied their income thanks to accepting trivial studies en masse
The director of the National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences denies the existence of an abduction ring involving 300,000 newborns in Spain after investigating hundreds of cases
Three institutions are trying to ascertain the origin of the infectious Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease samples discovered in the biochemist’s laboratory. The 45-year-old investigator died in 2022
A study on virus evolution warns of imminent outbreaks after November’s large migrations
The French scientist’s work unveiled the hidden world of electrons for humanity to explore
The engineer Rubén González Crespo, one of the most cited researchers in the world, and other academics in Spain claim to be victims of a sketchy Indian professor. Together they have 16 retracted papers
The Swedish Academy announced the winners, Moungi Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexey Ekimov, amid great confusion after the institution sent a statement to the Swedish press hours before officially making the decision
There are over a dozen transmissible tumors in mollusks, the Tasmanian devil and even dogs, but cases in humans are extremely rare
Placozoans separated from human beings 800 million years ago. They barely measure a millimeter, but their cells contain neuropeptides, which can transmit messages like neurons
A team of scientists has managed to prevent neuronal death with oral drugs administered to rodents that have been genetically modified to imitate dementia
A new tool has successfully sorted the labyrinthine building blocks of life into clusters with similar structures for the first time
In an experiment that raises bioethical issues, researchers in China have generated a blueprint of a humanized kidney in a pig embryo
These ‘glutamatergic astrocytes’ could play a role in understanding disorders such as Alzheimer’s, according to the scientists who have discovered them
A team led by Spanish biochemist Miguel Reina has found a way to boost the white blood cells that destroy cancer cells
By inserting hyaluronic acid from the African rodents, researchers managed to extend the maximum lifespan of common mice by 12% while making them more resistant to cancer
An international consortium managed to read the previously elusive Y chromosome, which is crucial in determining sex in men and linked to an increased risk of cancer
The combination of a pair of drugs ‘awarded’ the Nobel Prize in Medicine reduces tumors in 28% of patients with aggressive melanoma
The analysis shows that prolonged exposure to low doses of radiation can be just as harmful as the same amount received all at once
Twelve-year-old sisters Cayetana and Celia share the same genetic mutation, but only one of them suffers from an extremely rare disease that turns muscle into bony plaques
After the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, the biochemist escaped Russia and joined the National Cancer Research Center in Madrid to find a cure for pancreatic cancer
Crawford Lake hides a history book at its bottom: perfect layers of sediments that show centuries of human impact, year by year
The former NASA chief scientist has left the planet five times, and has come to spend more than eight hours floating alone in space
The French researcher began the molecular machine revolution four decades ago, with biological motors that were 100,000 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair