About 18 000 species, great and small, were discovered in 2014, adding to the 2 million already known, scientists said.
Scientists have engineered brewer's yeast to synthesise opioids such as codeine and morphine from a common sugar.
When US college faculty members rated junior scientists, they preferred women over identically qualified men.
The longest-running trial of stemcells derived from a human embryo found that the cells caused patients none of the problems scientists feared.
Few US hospitals are equipped with incinerators needed to safely handle contaminated items generated from the care of an Ebola patient.
The predictions come from the Intellectual Property & Science unit of Thomson Reuters.
High-profile 2013 happiness study is fatally flawed, according to new analysis.
An experimental drug helped lab monkeys recover from the most deadly strain of Marburg virus, a close cousin of Ebola.
In CDC bird flu mix-up, US agency cites sloppy science and failed reporting.
Common soil bacteria injected into solid cancers in pet dogs and one human patient shrank many of the tumours, scientists reported.
Drugmakers' use of the tobacco plant as a cheap way to produce novel biotechnology treatments is gaining global attention.
The FDA is spending $270-million on research projects to determine the risks of e-cigarettes.
People unconsciously think a storm with a female name is less dangerous and are less likely to flee, a new study shows.
Scientists believe nature holds another 10 million undiscovered species, from single-celled organisms to mammals.
The biggest risk that Middle East Respiratory Syndrome will become a global epidemic may lie with globe-trotting healthcare workers.
Nightmares in which you encounter an ax-wielding psychopath may become a thing of the past, thanks to a discovery.
Making old brains and old muscles perform like young ones may require something as simple as a blood transfusion.
Two labs say they have created embryos by cloning cells of living people - and another says it has gone a step further.
The success, albeit in a small number of patients, offers hope that a fundamentally new treatment can help many.
A species of crow, native to islands east of Australia, has long wowed scientists with its intelligence.
The Global Health Security Agenda aims to prevent epidemics by keeping to a minimum the number of labs that store dangerous microbes.
Scientists said they have achieved the first human-to-human mind meld by sending a brain signal via the Internet. [VIDEO]
A neuroscientist at Stanford University has invented a technique to make brains transparent.
Some Enterobacteriaceae have become resistant to all or almost all antibiotics, including last-resort drugs.
A new finding could explain why almost none of the new generation of “personalised” cancer drugs is a true cure.
