A protein that quietly suppresses tooth growth may hold the key to regrowing teeth in adults, according to a line of research that has moved from mouse models to the doorstep of human clinical trials.

If you focus a lot on the news and what’s happening around you, it looks like the world was better back in the 60s. Childhood didn’t revolve around adult-led playdates, curated backyard spaces, or ...

Dust from asteroid Bennu is revealing a surprising origin story for life’s building blocks. New research suggests some amino acids formed in frozen ice exposed to radiation, not warm liquid water as ...

A team at New York University has discovered a new form of time crystal that hovers using sound waves. Unlike ordinary matter, these crystals seem to behave in ways that don’t align with Newton’s ...

A new theory suggests the universe’s greatest secrets are hiding in a “zeptouniverse” that’s ready to be explored—without ...

The Quiz Talk National STEM Programme has been instituted to nurture innovation, creativity and critical thinking in young learners.

Networks of molecules in our body behave as though they have goals and desires. Understanding this phenomenon could solve the ...

Research findings are available online in the Astrophysical Journal. The original story “ Student made cosmic dust in the lab revealing life’s early chemical origins ” is published in The Brighter ...

The 2025 International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS 2025) is heald in Beijing on Sunday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The progress of fundamental science is not only key to technological ...

This week starts with some unexpectedly profound questions: what is research for and why, as a society, do we want it? Those ...

Scientists still don’t know how the brain turns physical activity into thoughts, feelings, and awareness—but a powerful new tool may help crack the mystery. Researchers at MIT are exploring ...

Some human research will no longer be classified as a clinical trial, easing the paperwork burden, but not everyone agrees with the approach.