Lab-grown foie gras, edible insects and 3D-printed chocolate are among the food innovations likely to reach the public within 15 years, experts in the UK have said.A new report by the Food Standards ...

Cambridge scientists have discovered a light-powered chemical reaction that lets researchers modify complex drug molecules at the final stages of development. Unlike traditional methods that rely on ...

With improved model capabilities, Anthropic Opus 4.6 is an example, the same wave is now hitting science itself. If code is no longer the bottleneck—if generating, testing, and iterating on ...

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new way to alter complex drug molecules using light rather than toxic chemicals—a discovery that could accelerate and improve how medicines ...

To use this evidence, investigators typically must grow the larvae until adulthood in a laboratory setting and then identify ...

Conservation has long wrestled with a deceptively simple question: not whether to act, but where action will matter most. Forest restoration, protected areas, wildlife corridors, and enforcement ...

Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there ...

A ring of 13 carbon atoms and two chlorine atoms has a remarkable molecular structure that means you would have to go around the loop four times to return to your starting position ...

Noubar Afeyan is founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering. He is also cofounder and board chair of Moderna. Massachusetts has long been a hotbed for innovation. Rebellious ideas — channeled through the ...

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WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examines how the U.S. Department of Energy could use foundation models for scientific research, and finds ...

While the 21st century has been bumpy, it has also ushered in monumental scientific and technological breakthroughs that have changed our world for the better. Advances in medicine have allowed for ...