Nanoparticles from English ivy were found block UV light more efficiently, were less toxic and were easily biodegradable compared a nanoparticle used in many of today’s sunscreens.

Long-rumbling hostilities between stem-cell researchers exploded into a blazing public row last week, after Nature published a critical reanalysis of data from a high-profile 2008 article.

Imagine printing your own room lighting, lasers, or solar cells from inks you buy at the local newsagent.

US researchers have engineered photosynthetic bacteria to produce simple sugars and lactic acid that could lead to environment-friendly methods for producing commodity chemicals and food additives.

New Scientist interview with Monsanto’s chief technology officer on how the agri-biotech giant is reinventing itself.

Scientist plan to turn cells from endangered animals into sperm and eggs to save them from extinction. Could this money be better spent saving many more species from becoming endangered in the first place?

US researchers have devised a delivery system that may allow clinicians to use higher doses of a powerful chemotherapy drug that has been limited because it is toxic not only to tumors but to patients’ kidneys.

An health project will study the genes, diet and other variables of thousands of people in Africa’s to further understand how genes interact with the environment in relation to diseases.

The completion of the draft human genome sequence was announced ten years ago. Nature ‘s survey of life scientists reveals that biology will never be the same again.

Self assembled nanodevices made of DNA could lead to medical devices, drug delivery systems and reprogram human stem cells to regenerate injured organs.