A second wind
With cutting-edge technologies, researchers seek to understand and treat the human lung.
Agent of change
Radiation creates, destroys, and transforms stellar objects.
That vape puff is not safe at all
Food-grade flavours in a vape puff may deal a nasty blow to the lungs.
Fresh breath
New technologies are driving a deeper understanding of lung functions — and of diseases.
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Psychiatrist Panagiotis Roussos on how genetic variation, ageing, and disease affect particular brain cells.
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Protein, precisely
'Precision fermentation' could ease the climate burden of traditional agriculture. But only if it surmounts scaling challenges.
- Oct 2026
AI makeover for legacy pills
Computational tools give drug repurposing a fillip.
High pressure, 'low lives'
The way deep-sea creatures cope with 'high-pressure situations' offers a fascinating lesson in evolutionary biology.
- Oct 2026
World of research: October 2026
A round-up of some recent striking studies.
- Oct 2026
A galactic googly
Some dead stars may defy the classical Chandrasekhar limit for the mass of white dwarfs.
- Oct 2026
