Medicine

The role of science communication in the COVID-19 pandemic...

Just when I thought I was getting on top of the rules, with a Covid-compatible Christmas gift-wrapped and ready to go,...

A third of the human brain is devoted solely to making sense of what we see, so it's not surprising that graphs...

For humans, the ability to recognise, process and memorise faces is arguably one of our most important skills.

Patches of 'e-skin' could restore lost sensation and detect disease

Llamas, new research has revealed, may be harbouring an immune trick that is a potent therapy for Covid-19...

Researchers in Western Australia have created a buzz about how honeybee venom kills breast cancer cells...

We can programme plants to grow biomolecules. Is farming the future of vaccines?

The world is in the grip of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. What advances have we made against the threat?

How coronavirus is amplifying sex differences in medicine

When you're sedated, there are radical changes to the architecture of your brain...

Two emerging routes to a new pancreas

Air pollution and brain development: when does the damage start?

Antibiotic alternatives based on bacterial war tactics

Antibodies to other human coronaviruses are gone within a year of infection, so what is the prospect for long-term...

A Q&A with mental health expert Professor David Baldwin

How rapidly is Covid-19 mutating, and what do these mutations mean for the future of the pandemic?

Can our feline friends contract and transmit the Covid-19 coronavirus?

‘The aim is to find the monoclonal’ hunting for antibodies to treat Covid-19

A Brisbane-based research team are discovering species in the gut microbiome of IBD sufferers.

How does remdesivir work, and what might this mean for the treatment of coronavirus infection...

Why the brain won’t let us tickle ourselves...

The NHS contact tracing app has arrived, and is causing controversy...

When you're swabbed for coronavirus infection, what are they looking for, and how does that differ from an...