In 1925, Payne-Gaposchkin became the first person to earn a doctoral degree (PhD) in astronomy from Harvard University. Her doctoral thesis, ‘Stellar Atmospheres: A Contribution to the Observational ...

Bird flu viruses are a particular threat to humans because they can replicate at temperatures higher than a typical fever, ...

Four major turning points around ages nine, 32, 66 and 83 create five broad eras of neural wiring over the average human ...

A lab-based screening has discovered over 150 common industrial chemicals, from pesticides to flame retardants, that have a ...

A Cambridge researcher offering new hope to people with brain tumours is the focus of a documentary exploring the science behind the next big breakthroughs.

Researchers have discovered that genes underlying specific behavioural traits in golden retrievers - from trainability to ...

Chancellor, Professor Deborah Prentice, has been to the North East of England to visit schools in Tyneside as part of a mission to connect with areas ...

Deep brain stimulation – implants in the brain that act as a kind of ‘pacemaker’ – has led to clinical improvements in half ...

Autistic people are more likely to report suicide-related behaviours and psychological distress irrespective of previous traumatic experiences, according to ...

Human-driven changes to landscapes worldwide are ‘thinning out’ the ecological services supplied by wild birds, eroding the functions that support stable and ...

Co-founder of two spinouts and an education charity, Professor Sam Stranks is committed to getting new ideas and technologies ...

A new report involving hundreds of literary creatives from across the UK fiction publishing industry reveals widespread fears ...