��˾þ�

Skip to content

Genetics may influence the risk of pre-eclampsia or high blood pressure in pregnancy

Health

Pre-eclampsia and hypertension in pregnancy linked to 19 gene variants

Why blood pressure rises during some pregnancies is unclear. Better understanding the genetic links could lead to risk scores that gauge an individual's risk of developing some pregnancy complications

News

Low-carb diet reduces seizures for people with drug-resistant epilepsy

Health

Low-carb diet reduces seizures for people with drug-resistant epilepsy

News

The Voltaire jack-up ship

Technology

Ship taller than Eiffel Tower will build biggest offshore wind farm

News

CarbFix CO2 injection site

Technology

The green tech that could help Iceland become carbon neutral by 2040

Insight

US President Joe Biden celebrating the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act

Environment

US action on climate change will start to get serious in 2023

News

A synthetic mouse embryo (left) and a natural mouse embryo (right) show comparable brain and heart formation

Health

Synthetic reproductive cells will help us understand fertility in 2023

News

Dark dunes surrounding Mars's northern polar cap

Space

Mars has enough wind to power bases near the poles all year round

News

Protesters hold placards during a

Earth

2022: The year of rolling polycrisis, but with a few glimmers of hope

Leader

Part of the Guadiana river has dried up and gives way to dry land under the Puente de la Mesta medieval bridge in Villarta de los Montes, in the central-western Spanish region of Extremadura, on August 16, 2022. - Temperatures in Spain have been very high this summer with several unusual heat waves. ��˾þ�s say human-induced climate change is making extreme weather events including heatwaves and droughts more frequent and more intense. (Photo by THOMAS COEX / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images)

Environment

Extreme drought in 2022 exposed fragility of Europe’s energy system

News

WALTER TOSTO COMPANY REPORT https://www.flickr.com/photos/fusionforenergy/52231537313/ Final assembly of Europe's sector 4 of the ITER Vacuum Vessel, Walter Tosto, Italy, May 2022.

Physics

Unlimited energy from fusion became a more feasible prospect in 2022

Landmark confirmations of physics theory, including an energy production breakthrough at the end of the year, have turned fusion power stations into an engineering challenge rather than a physics one

News

Physics

Nuclear fusion researchers have achieved historic energy milestone

News

Environment

What impact will planned new UK coal mine have on carbon emissions?

News

Health

Vaccine prompts HIV antibodies in 97 per cent of people in small study

News

Environment

Should we build wind turbines from wood?

News