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Fears are rising that infectious diseases such as measles could make a comeback now that the anti-vaccine advocate is in charge of the US public-health system.

The device, to be tested in more people, could be used as a temporary measure for those waiting for a donor organ.

The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity — or not.

Scientists also identified anti-ageing drugs and experimental compounds that could target the genes to reverse decline.

The human brain not only remembers who other people are, it also uses basic mathematical functions called basis functions to store information about how people interact — for example, how they work together or compete. Each basis function specifies part of an interaction pattern, and combinations of them specify complex interactions.

Immune cells called natural killer cells can target and eliminate tumours. The gene expression and spatial distribution of the immune cells in the tumour microenvironment indicates whether liver cancer will recur after surgery.

The partial midface of a hominin fossil has been found in the Sima del Elefante cave site near Burgos, northern Spain, and dates to between . million and . million years ago. Its discovery enables the exploration of the facial features of early Europeans and enhances our understanding of the evolutionary history of European ancestors.

Quantum computers have gained the powerful abstractions that allow programmers of classical computers to design and integrate new apps and hardware, and connect devices into networks with ease.

The biologist’s theories about how environments prompt rapid species evolution and extinction propelled her onto the world stage.

William Mills aims to make the website for his laboratory more than just a channel for promoting publications and research projects to the outside world.

Technique could help researchers probe strange properties of D metals — plus, five years after the pandemic, how did COVID change virology?

The doctor will see you now (and then).

Despite the buzz surrounding smart cities in urban-policy circles, studies are lacking on the evidence for what works, what doesn’t — and who benefits.

Tiny anvil squeezes metal atoms into super-thin sheets with strange properties.

The company says it has solved the first problem of scientific relevance with a quantum processor faster than it would be done with classical computers.

The firm has incorporated its Gemini artificial-intelligence model into robots to perform fiddly tasks.