The oldest direct evidence of humans using poisoned arrows was in the Holocene, which began 11,700 years ago. Bone arrow ...

Ireland has announced plans to invest €4.55 billion (£3.94 billion) over the next five years into the country’s universities ...

An inability to pay good wages has seen technical talent leave the country with poorly-trained employees put at risk ...

Adedeji Ebo, the officer-in-charge of the UN’s Office for Disarmament Affairs, told the security council earlier this month ...

After the applied mathematician Peter Shor, then at Bell Labs in New Jersey, showed that a quantum algorithm could, in theory ...

Pending policies that demand more recycling cannot offset problems of high costs and competition from cheap virgin polymers ...

Jia’s team developed a protocol to improve the screening of protein pockets. This involved identifying the pockets, removing ...

New solid-state technology offers higher energy density and faster charging. It’s so named because it does away with the ...

Asking ‘what is life?’ is a good way to start arguments in science. As a recent informal poll suggests, no two individuals ...

Osteodentin found in the core of this bottom-dwelling Atlantic Ocean predator's teeth could inspire new designs for stronger, ...

US environmental agency says 1,3-butadiene is harmful for some industry workers, but not for the environment or those living ...

Keinan will now become past president of Iupac and remain an officer and member of the executive board for two years while ...