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A surgeon has told New Scientist they have performed a transplant on someone with a complete spinal cord injury using a piece of spinal cord from a brain-dead donor, but researchers have raised concerns

A natural compound extracted from a medicinal plant has shown surprising promise against rheumatoid arthritis. In rats, it reduced joint swelling, protected cartilage, and calmed the immune responses responsible for chro...

A simple, steroid-free procedure could offer lasting relief for people struggling with carpal tunnel syndrome, potentially helping them avoid surgery. In a clinical trial involving 63 patients, researchers found that ult...

Scientists discovered a rock in Papua New Guinea that plunged more than 90 kilometers beneath Earth's surface, revealing a bizarre temperature pattern that challenges established theories of Earth's interior. The...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal a concentration of heavy metals near the Milky Way's central black hole. The discovery deepens a mystery about why our black hole behaves the way it does.

A massive Viking Age hoard that was discovered in Norway contains a rare silver coin featuring "Olaf the Holy," one of the country's first Christian kings.

Cerebral Cavernous Malformation causes fragile, bleeding vascular lesions in the brain with no non-surgical treatment options. Researchers discovered that dabrafenib, an approved childhood cancer drug, suppresses vessel ...

Every time a new technology hits the internet, there is a battle between the rights of users and major companies. To see how this will play out with AI, columnist Jacob Aron looks to examples from the past

The glymphatic system flushes toxins out of the brain, but this seems to be disrupted in Alzheimer's disease, and cholesterol may be involved

In a study published in Advanced Optical Materials, researchers at Vilnius University (VU) demonstrated perovskite-based laser structures that maintained stable performance over more than 400 million pulses. Their findin...

It's now possible to convert a handful of smells into electronic signals that can be sent through the internet

Astrocytes are not a uniform support crew. A breakthrough study in Nature reveals that CD51-positive astrocyte subtypes specialize in building synapses via glypican 6, tuning hippocampal memory circuits, and repairing da...

Angelman syndrome stems from a missing maternal UBE3A gene, but how it disrupts brain growth has remained unclear. Researchers at WashU Medicine discovered that accumulating asparagine synthetase tricks neurons into a pe...

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As sea levels rise in the eastern Pacific, they are falling around Australia and the Coral Triangle, leaving some mangroves and corals high and dry

This question was posed as part of New Scientists Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each others questions. Heres what our readers had to say

This question was posed as part of New Scientists Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each others questions. Heres what our readers had to say

With the world looking likely to exceed 1.5C of warming, the plan is now to reduce our carbon emissions after overshooting the target. What lasting damage will this have?

Which animal has the most sensory accesstoreality? Given the worldwide impact of carbon dioxide, why is it stillused to put the fizz in water and soft drinks?

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A new look at the uranium and heavy water used by the Nazis reveals whether they were close to making a reactor for an atomic bomb.

Live Science spoke with Matt Rutherford, a sailor and founder of the environmental nonprofit Ocean Research Project, about his attempt to circumnavigate the Arctic Ocean and why he'll have to try again next year.