The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for the work that led to optogenetics, a method that shows how nerve cells shape memories, ...

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In the era of the Concordat on Openness, attention often centres on institutional commitments. But meaningful openness depends on the work of individuals too, those researchers and technicians whose ...

Understanding Animal Research is delighted to announce five new Leaders in Openness: Charles River, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Southampton, and ...

As part of the research effort to develop lab-grown human organs to aid the study of kidney diseases and to mitigate the world transplant organ shortage, scientists have successfully produced the most ...

In the second of a two-part series, filmed by the UAR team, we investigate the research carried out by Professor Emma Robinson at the University of Bristol. We learn how Emma and her team are studying ...

Polio was once a disease that devastated communities across the world. It spreads easily through contaminated food and water and in severe cases leaves children paralysed for life. While most people ...

Sometimes impactful science can come from the most unlikely experiments. The Ig Nobel prizes, are awarded every year to "honour achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think".

There will be two (2) prizes, each consisting of two (2) adult tickets. Each prize entitles the winner to two (2) tickets for the New Scientist Live event at Excel London on Saturday 18th October 2025 ...

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine honours ground-breaking science and recognises the essential contribution of animal research. Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi were ...

Since its launch in 2014, the Concordat on Openness on Animal Research in the UK has set out a clear list of commitments for its respective institutions to follow to improve transparency regarding ...

STIs, or sexually transmitted infections, are diseases that are passed on through unprotected sex or genital contact. All animals, including humans, are vulnerable. More than 200 different STIs have ...