Study on petunias yields discovery that offers potential applications for breeding more resilient and pollinator-friendly ...

So, to complement plant breeding, scientists have developed new biotechnology tools— which are exactly what they sound like: technological inventions using living things. Like, thanks to DNA ...

After months of frenetic research, scientists are edging closer to understanding why the planet has been so hot since 2023. That year, the average sea surface temperature across the world hit a ...

The United States could soon see an exodus of tech talent, according to Meta's chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun. "The US seems set on destroying its public research funding system. Many US-based ...

Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox! We'll also keep you up to date with New Scientist events and special offers.

Previously, she was executive editor of Chemical & Engineering News. The Trump administration’s attacks on science and funding at the National Institutes of Health will set research and training ...

An international team of scientists from Australia and China has unveiled the first chromosome-scale genome of a wild barley ...

Google's new artificial intelligence (AI) tool has cracked a problem that took scientists a decade to solve in just two days. José Penadés and his colleagues at Imperial College London spent 10 years ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Paleobiologist Dr ...

NEW YORK — Uma Reddy was sitting at her kitchen table Monday night, wrapping up patient notes, when the notice finally came: The $16.6 million grant she had used to build a maternal health ...

Scientists recently determined why people always seem to have room for something sweet after eating a meal. It's because the "dessert stomach" is a real thing in a person's brain. "We wanted to ...

And a biochemist and engineer who had recently joined the agency as head of the team that enforces safety and environmental standards at a Texas plant that ... a huge cadre of scientists ...