Recent research showed that an artificially constructed self-replicating RNA system modeling primitive life at the origin of ...

A study aboard China's space station Tiangong is expected to identify the regulatory mechanisms of a type of liver cell's metabolism and provide a new approach to treating fatty liver disease. This ...

A research team led by Davoud Jafari at the University of Twente, in collaboration with the University of Pisa, has completed ...

Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that deals in the deep scaffolding of the world: the nature of space, time, causation and existence, the foundations of reality itself. It’s generally ...

An experimental weight loss drug tested in mice targets five receptor systems and may reduce side effects, according to a study published in Nature.

The most beautiful experiment in physics, according to a poll of Physics World readers, is the interference of single electrons in a Young’s double slit. Robert P Crease reports Simply beautiful – the ...

With the right approach, even small firms can get a competitive advantage from the right kinds of tests. Harvard Business School’s Stefan Thomke says running experiments can give companies tremendous ...