Science & Innovation

Three teens won the Global Earth Prize for Plas-Stick, a tamarind powder that clumps microplastics in water so they can be lifted out with a magnet.

A cancer-killing virus injected into pancreatic tumors stopped them growing in three patients, with one stable a year on, offering a breakthrough against the deadly disease.

A Mayo Clinic AI model found hidden signs of pancreatic cancer on routine CT scans years before diagnosis, offering hope for earlier detection.

Fifth graders at Global Idea School used AI to build a working Braille 3D Generator that surprised teacher and Microsoft AI director Juan Lavista Ferres.

A new AI tool called PhenMap can predict which bowel cancer patients won't benefit from an NHS drug, potentially sparing thousands from harsh side effects.

A husband-and-wife team whose love story began in a Harvard anatomy lab have won one of science's biggest awards for creating the first approved...

A new gene therapy for deafness is helping patients hear within weeks, offering hope for children and adults with genetic hearing loss.

UC Davis researchers performed the world's first in-utero stem cell therapy for spina bifida. All six babies were born healthy in a landmark trial published in The Lancet.

An Australian man has set a new world record by living over 100 days with an artificial titanium heart before receiving a donor transplant. The...

Regular blood donation might do more than just save lives—it could also provide unexpected health benefits for donors, according to new research.