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Britain is set to rejoin the EU's flagship £85 billion science research programme, Horizon Europe, as scientists have welcomed the highly anticipated agreement.

Life expectancy is declining in many UK communities – and diet is central to this. Declining nutritional value of our food means we need more high-value substances like sumac in our daily lives.

Here we explore the massive impact nucleic acid chemistry has had on the manufacture of synthetic DNA and RNA sequences whilst explaining the chemistry behind the chemical synthesis of DNA.

With air pollution causing 7 million premature deaths annually, what is being done to protect the global population from the lack of clean air?

Research presented by ESC Congress 2023 has revealed that understanding and acting on heart attack symptoms is linked to faster lifesaving treatment The study investigated whether there was a correlation between symptom recognition, time to treatment and clinical outcome. By examining patients' knowledge of key heart attack symptoms, the team...

Space travel's impact on red blood cells and bone health is a growing concern. A study of 14 astronauts reveals that bone marrow fat might be vital to restoring these crucial elements.

Tom Rowlands, FLEETCOR’s Managing Director, Global EV Solutions, including UK brand Allstar, discusses the EV transition as part of the net zero strategy.

Maintaining a healthy and balanced diet is essential at all stages of life, even throughout menopause. Here Dr Deborah Lee lays out her 10 tips to help keep a balanced menopause diet and understand what your body needs.

Analysis of NHS data by the mental health charity Young Minds has discovered that the number of mental health referrals and children in mental health crisis is at an all-time high.

We discuss healthcare in Japan, from its early adoption of universal healthcare to its vision for a health system that is fit for the future.

From empiricist to causal molecular understanding of life and back: Historical reflections on 19th and 21st-century epistemologies in biology The German American physiologist and experimental biologist Jacques Loeb (1859-1924) was one of the most vigorous promoters of biology as an experimental science in the 19th century. Influenced by the physicist...

A research team led by Professor Akiko Kojima from Osaka Metropolitan University uncovers the antiobesity potential of the tropical plant Mallotus furetianus.

DeepMed has developed an AI oncology diagnostics system, DeepPathTM - LYDIA, to assist histopathologists in performing lymph node metastasis detection quickly and accurately.

We tend to associate malnutrition with being underweight due to hunger and starvation. In fact, although this is indeed the case, obesity is also a major cause of malnutrition in the UK.

Dr Zisis Kozlakidis explores the value of nutrition in acute childhood leukaemia diagnosis and treatment.

UCLA Health researchers have developed machine learning models to enhance suicide-risk prediction in children, outperforming traditional methods used by health systems.

The new PULSE project utilising both magnetic and acoustic levitation claims to hold the key to bioprinting technology with potential applications in space and on Earth.

The immune system is the body’s natural defence against antigens such as bacteria and viruses, but in some cases, it can malfunction. We explore the prevalence of immune system disorders, the associated unmet medical needs, and therapeutic research.

As Chief Scientific Officer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Professor David Brettle, is responsible for delivering transformational healthcare technologies to ensure staff can work effectively in data-driven, digital hospitals.

The position here is that public policies should, ultimately speaking, be for the promotion of social welfare. What is social welfare? This is the welfare of people in the relevant society (discussing the issue of animal welfare later).