It uses a system called simplified molecular-input line-entry system (SMILES). This translates chemical 3D structures into ...

‘Exercise snacks’ and other forms of everyday movement can greatly reduce the risk of heart disease and death.

Semiconductor chips that process light rather than electricity could boost processing speeds and reduce energy use.

The six-year results from the Dark Energy Survey highlight unresolved tensions in standard cosmological theory.

About 55% of the human lifespan is heritable, meaning that more than half of the observed variation in longevity across a ...

Hackathons using AlphaGenome and other AI models are hunting down the genetic causes of devastating conditions that have ...

For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are ...

Wildfire smoke, spore-spread fungal diseases and microplastic are all on the rise, even as the US government slashes support ...

A researcher has created a chatbot that is indistinguishable from human participants in online surveys. Some researchers fear ...

Posts on social-media platform X that are critical of scientific research can act as early warning signs of problematic ...

The brain and vagus nerve play a key role in exacerbating tissue damage after a heart attack, but there are ways to block it.

Scientists have launched a fresh effort to find out what could be producing oxygen at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.