British experts are calling for the illegal recreational drug ketamine to be responsibly introduced as a treatment for depression when other treatments have failed.
Kate Rubins became the 60th woman to fly in space when she launched on a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station on 6 July 2016. She is also the first person to sequence DNA there. Amazingly, on the very first try it worked, the Nasa astronaut told the Bio meeting in San Diego in June.
Advances in cancer treatment and diagnosis are helping to identify tumours with greater certainty, then treat them with greater precision than ever before, Lou Reade reports
Has China begun making progress towards chemicals regulation, or is this another false start?
It is an understatement to point out that methods of detecting malaria quickly and reliably are badly needed in some areas of the world today. Malaria is transmitted through parasites which have been ...
Asbestos may seem like a nasty problem of the past, but not so. Half the world has banned it, but its legacy in old buildings remains; the other half still use it even though alternatives exist. Anthony King reports.