A new treatment approach significantly improves survival rates for patients with aggressive, inherited breast cancers, according to Cambridge researchers. It is rare to have a 100% survival rate in a study like this and for these aggressive types of cancer Jean Abraham In a trial where cancers were treated with chemotherapy followed by a targeted cancer drug before surgery, 100% of patients survived the critical three-year period post-surgery.

Heatwaves are becoming more frequent and more intense - with direct implications for public health. Elderly people, children, people with chronic illnesses and those working outdoors are particularly at risk.

In an unprecedented move, India recently suspended the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, citing cross-border terrorism.

Hilde Weerts explores how to create algorithms that don't put anyone at a disadvantage. Important decisions are increasingly being made not by humans, but by algorithms.

Innovative ground-breaking research, blue sky thinking and impressive business credentials by University of Limerick researchers have been recognised as they scored a notable one-two at Enterprise Ireland's Start-Up Day 2025 in the Aviva Stadium.

SFU study sheds new light on what causes long-term disability after a stroke and offers new path toward possible treatment Silent damage and rays of hope: Nick Dulvy sheds light on ecological diversi

A robotic hand developed at EPFL can pick up 24 different objects with human-like movements that emerge spontaneously, thanks to compliant materials and structures rather than programming. When you reach out your hand to grasp an object like a bottle, you generally don't need to know the bottle's exact position in space to pick it up successfully.

Students are working with businesses to become the next generation of financial climate risk analysts.

Researchers from Swiss TPH and partners analysed the main causes of death among the elderly (75 years and older) in Switzerland.

People living in more deprived areas with worse health outcomes were 65% more likely to lose their local pharmacy than those in wealthier areas, according to research published today.

The Dutch historic landscape is under threat. Changes in the agricultural sector, rising sea levels, drought, and flooding urgently call for measures that will drastically alter the landscape.

A Simon Fraser University new study is challenging a commonly held misconception that there's little organizations can do to encourage employees to disclose mental health concerns.

Exceeding two hours of weekday screen time doubled odds of clinically elevated anxiety, quadrupled emotional and behavioural difficulties Heightened anxiety, depression, aggression and impulsiveness i

Researchers at UCL and the Francis Crick Institute have, for the first time, identified the origin of cardiac cells using 3D images of a heart forming in real-time, inside a living mouse embryo. For the study, published in The EMBO Journal, the team used a technique called advanced light-sheet microscopy on a specially engineered mouse model.

University of Bath hosts gathering of UK professionals working to house and improve conditions for displaced people Work by Bath academics to improve living conditions for refugees and people displac

The diversity of whitefish species in Swiss lakes is unique and plays a central role in lake ecosystems.

AeroDelft, a fully student-run and student-owned non-profit foundation based in Delft, has become the first student team in the world to design, build, and test an electric aircraft propulsion system (powertrain) using liquid hydrogen as its energy source.

An international research team, including researchers from the Department of Biology at the University of Hamburg, sequenced the complete genomes of 6 primate species that are closely related to humans.

A study led by the University of Bonn has illuminated the mechanism by which this marine creature produces the detergent The marine bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis feeds on oil, multiplying rapidly in the wake of oil spills, and thereby accelerating the elimination of the pollution, in many cases.

Why do some drugs cause hallucinations while others don't - even when they act on the same part of the brain? That's the mystery at the centre of a new research project supported by  CQDM  and  Brain Canada.