In a fruit fly, nerve cells that detect limb movement are silenced when the insect walks or grooms. This on-off switch may help the nervous system to shift between two states: one helps keep the body ...

"There is no more efficient investment of taxpayer resources than basic science and research and technology. These are the discoveries that drive not only the expansion of our economy, but the ...

From September 18 to 20, 2025, a series of lectures held by Peking University, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and other universities and research institutions allowed us to glimpse the latest ...

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of CRISPR/Cas9, a method also known as "gene scissors," ...

The future of the South cannot be built on borrowed blueprints. To shift from dependence to innovation, countries must invest in fundamental science today — the foundation on which tomorrow’s breakthr ...