Animals may have evolved up to 200 million years earlier than their first appearance in the fossil record, according to a new study led by the ...

Max Lehman delves into a kind of future past inspired by science fiction, where modern tech and prehistoric visual culture ...

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel were awarded the prize for their work on light-gated ion channels and ...

The 2026 Nobel Medicine Prize announcement could reward groundbreaking studies on appetite hormones involved in weight-control drugs such as Ozempic. Researchers focusing on GLP-1, leptin, and ghrelin ...

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for their ...

Nobel-winning insights into optogenetics: how light-controlled genes reveal brain circuits, memories, and potential medical breakthroughs.

If approved by voters, SB 895 will address some of California’s most pressing health, environmental and technological challenges.

In optogenetics, scientists control neurones by stimulating them with light -- potentially unlocking breakthroughs for conditions such as dementia, depression and blindness. Controlling the light, ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is expanding its space footprint with plans to launch a probe to the further reaches of the ...

President Masato Kanda is pushing for continued support for scientific research across the region even when its commercial ...

As far as fairytales go, dwarfs can be Bashful, Sleepy, Grumpy or Dopey. But in space, dwarfs might be better called Hungry, ...

The winners of the Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, literature, peace and ‌economics will be announced in the week.