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Government leaders claim the reductions are necessary to free up assets to deal with COVID-19 and address corruption in research.

Researchers detail how viral proteins interact with host RNA to disrupt the cell’s ability to fight back against infection.

The agreement will enable authors at eligible German institutes to publish an estimated 400 open-access papers each year in Springer Nature journals from the Nature line of titles.

The findings may have implications for radiotherapy, a cancer treatment that can cause damage to salivary glands and leave lasting complications.

Conservation biologist John Ewen discusses the recent reintroduction of Tasmanian devils to mainland Australia after a 3,000-year absence and issues that need to be considered when bringing long-departed animals back into an area.

The project did not assess any implications for children’s health, but the authors recommend changing up how parents use baby bottles to reduce the amount of plastic in formula or breastmilk.

Scientists seek to combine genome editing with a technique used in chicken breeding to try to bring back lost birds.

Experts fear the fungal pathogen will spread to other African countries, threatening wheat production.

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers monitored subsecond changes in levels of the neurotransmitters in the human brain, unlocking new insight into their function.

Roughly half of the howler monkeys in the research preserve have died or remain unaccounted for. Scientists had been studying them for more than 30 years. 

Far from being inert fat-storage depots within cells, these lipid-loaded organelles recruit immune proteins and block bacterial growth.

In two independent studies, researchers find that the organelle is responsible for a switch that allows cells to start moving when they’re squeezed.