Evidence of a developing track record in publishing work of high academic quality and impact is essential, as is an emerging portfolio (or clear potential) of external research funding. Applicants mus...

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Artificial intelligence boosts individual scientists’ output, citations and career progression, but collectively narrows research diversity and reduces collaboration, concentrating work in data-rich a...

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BClothing from online retailer Shein still contains hazardous chemicals, according to a new report by Greenpeace Germany.  Eighteen of a total of 56 tested garments (32 percent) from the Chinese&helli...

Nature - An electronic eye implant has restored vision in people with blindness caused by age-related macular degeneration.

John Gurdon is at the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Institute of Cancer and Developmental Biology in Cambridge. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he changed from classics to zoology. Dur...

It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the Gurdon Institute.

This spring, the Trump administration rescinded a grant that maintained FlyBase, a pillar of global basic research, as part of its broader $2.2 billion funding cuts at Harvard.

Common shrews are one of only a handful of mammals known to flexibly shrink and regrow their brains. This rare seasonal cycle, known as Dehnel’s phenomenon, has puzzled scientists for decades. A study...

Can Aztekin, Max Planck Research Group Leader in Structural Regeneration at the Friedrich-Miescher-Laboratory in Tübingen, is the recipient of the International Society of Regenerative Biology (ISRB) ...

A public symposium organised by friends, scientific colleages and David's wife Ros Diamond to cellebrate David Ish-Horowiccz's, FRS, scientific achievements,...

The layoffs jeopardize this resource, which has served more than 4,000 labs for about three decades.

When people viewed virtual avatars with coughs or rashes, their brains triggered an immune response.

America’s run as the premiere techno-superpower may be over.

Researchers assessed more than 1,000 results from fruit-fly immunity research published between 1959 and 2011. The majority of findings look verifiable.

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The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...

Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.

"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."

City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.