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Confusion still surrounds abc conjecture, but Oxford gathering boosts prospects for resolution.

Study shows that controlling neurons with light or drugs may affect the brain in more ways than expected.

The use of aborted fetal tissue has sparked controversy in the United States, but many scientists say it is essential for studies of HIV, development and more.

Engineered Cas9 enzyme makes fewer mistakes.

NIH to fund a cache of brain tissue and online data in place of live-animal experimentation.

Some want to scrap adjustment that keeps atomic time in sync with Earth’s rotation.

Europe’s long-awaited LISA Pathfinder spacecraft has two metal cubes at its heart, which it will attempt to isolate from every force except for gravity.

Layla, a one-year-old girl with leukaemia, is in remission thanks to gene-editing technology that allowed her to receive modified immune cells from another person.

A tapeworm that infected a Colombian man deposited malignant cells inside his body that spread much like an aggressive cancer, researchers have reported in a bizarre, but not unprecedented, case.