Useful quantum computers are one step closer. Microsoft and Atom Computing announced that they have set a new record for the ...

Tiny, solid windows in the shells of heart cockles let in light for the photosynthetic algae inside them – and they could ...

The top spot in the league table of the world’s most powerful computers has changed hands, with one supercomputer built for ...

Most mathematicians have been reluctant to start working with artificial intelligence, but a new tool developed by ...

Several populations of Mexican tetra fish that live in darkness have independently evolved to need hardly any sleep, but the ...

A supercomputer simulation of iron and carbon atoms in Earth’s inner core may explain how a molten ball at the centre of our ...

Four southern giant hornets have been identified in northern Spain, leading to concerns that the species could harm native ...

Leading researchers warn that relying on "passive" carbon sinks such as forests to absorb ongoing carbon emissions will doom ...

Changes to the structure of DNA within fat cells may be why it is often so hard to keep weight off after you have lost it ...

A study modelling the impact of melting ice suggests scientists have underestimated the risk that an important ocean current ...

The oral microbiome is increasingly being linked to head and neck cancer, but we don't yet understand its exact role ...

A genetic flaw dooms half of all crested newts to die before they hatch – now we know how this baffling evolutionary quirk ...