Scientists at Cern have announced results giving the strongest indication yet that the Higgs boson particle exists.

Scientists have discovered a new gene in the influenza virus that helps the virus control the body’s response to infection.

Infections from certain parasites can compromise the immune system, leaving it less able to fight other diseases.

Tiny microbes are at the heart of a novel agricultural technique to manage harmful greenhouse gas emissions.

Researchers at the Universityof Edinburgh find that stroke survivors are more able to look after themselves following treatment with rt-PA.

The Centre for North Sea Enhanced Oil Recovery with CO2 (CENSEOR-CO2) will accelerate development of carbon capture and storage (CCS).

An Age UK-funded project at the University of Edinburgh has found that brains which maintain healthy nerve connections as we age help keep us sharp in later life.