A Beyond Burger, a vegan veggie burger, is seen at the Vedang fast food restaurant

Study casts doubt on cultivated meat’s low carbon promise

2023-06-05T14:45:00+01:00

Preprint suggests that food grown from animal cells could have a global warming potential many times greater than beef

Foam

Chemical firms kept data on PFAS health hazards secret

2023-06-02T14:13:00+01:00

Documents suggest that DuPont and 3M had evidence of PFAS toxicity but suppressed the findings

A grand white marble building with a clock tower and gardens

Report highlights job insecurity and mental health strain in academia

2023-06-01T09:05:00+01:00

Baseline pay and conditions compare well to other sectors for permanent staff

A portrait of Tim Springer in a garden

Billionaire professor donates ‘transformative’ sum to protein science institute

2023-05-30T13:45:00+01:00

$210 million endowment from entrepreneur and Moderna investor Tim Springer will support ongoing research

Amgen

US trade regulator sues to block Amgen–Horizon merger

2023-05-26T14:08:00+01:00

Federal Trade Commission has concerns that union will allow Amgen to stifle potential competition for Horizon’s drugs

A crowd at a political rally in Turkey waving Turkish flags and a banner with the face of President Erdogan

Academic freedom is at stake in Turkish elections, researchers warn

2023-05-26T09:41:00+01:00

Future path of universities as institutes of free inquiry may rest on who wins

Mounjaro

The diabetes drugs aiming to aid weight loss

2023-05-25T14:34:00+01:00

Can peptide hormone mimics avoid the side effect pitfalls of previous weight loss treatments?

Structure

Charge-transfer interactions during C–H activation directly observed

2023-06-05T10:39:00+01:00

New insights could guide the design of better catalysts

Volcano

Volcanoes and meteorites may have delivered catalysts for life’s beginning

2023-06-02T12:32:00+01:00

Iron-rich nanoparticles can catalyse conversion of CO2 to complex organic molecules

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Identifying single atoms with x-ray specificity

2023-06-02T10:25:00+01:00

Combining synchrotron x-rays with scanning tunnelling microscopy gives atomic resolution

In depth

  • Chemical weapons watchdog opens new lab as end nears for deadly munitions

  • US researcher entanglements continue post-China Initiative as worries over IP theft linger

  • UK begins exploration of whether to build its own billion-pound-plus XFEL

  • Chemical weapons watchdog opens new lab as end nears for deadly munitions

  • Greener by design

  • Nursing success – what next for UK science?