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For those willing to put in the effort, Japan offers strong research environments, lasting professional networks and a distinctive academic culture that shapes careers long after researchers leave, sa ...

Key takeawaysAn international research collaboration co-led by UCLA has developed a nickel-iron battery, reviving a chemistry ...

For years, studies have analysed huge numbers of people - including so-called 'super-agers' who live remarkably long and healthy lives - to examine the factors that influence ageing.

The Life Sciences Graduate Recruitment Symposium connected undergraduate and master’s students with graduate pathways ...

Prof. Zhu Yuyan, Associate Professor of the Department of Food Science and Nutrition of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, ...

For life to develop on a planet, certain chemical elements are needed in sufficient quantities. Phosphorus and nitrogen are essential. Phosphorus is vital for the formation of DNA and RNA, which store ...

Amino acids, the building blocks necessary for life, were previously found in samples of 4.6-billion-year-old rocks from an ...

Why does the same virus barely faze one person while sending another to the hospital? New research shows the answer lies in a molecular record etched into our immune cells by both our genes and our ...

The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.

Tiny grains of dust from asteroid Bennu are reshaping how scientists think life’s ingredients formed in space.

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 ...