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  • Friday, 25 November, 2022
    FT SeriesBest books of the year 2022
    Best books of 2022: Science

    Clive Cookson selects his must-read titles

  • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
    European Space Agency
    Disabled surgeon among 17 European trainee astronauts

    Group unveiled as ministers agree to raise space spending by 17% over the next five years

  • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
    Scientific research
    UK and Switzerland to sign research collaboration deal

    Two of Europe’s scientific powerhouses agree to work together after being excluded from the EU’s Horizon programme

  • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
    Special ReportManaging Climate Change
    Ocean fertilisation revived as climate change alarm grows

    Proponents of ocean-based carbon removal say adding iron to stimulate marine growth could be a game changer

  • Friday, 4 November, 2022
    Space industry
    UK security at ‘severe risk’ without reliable satellite access, MPs warn

    Commons science committee urges ‘better cross-government co-ordination’ on space strategy

  • Monday, 31 October, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Covid inquiry to scrutinise Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages

    Downing Street internal communications and cabinet minutes requested during probe’s second phase

  • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
    Space exploration
    Mars meteorite smashes reveal insights into red planet

    Data from two Nasa missions shows it may hold more subsurface ice than scientists previously thought

  • Monday, 24 October, 2022
    Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
    Evidence builds of viruses’ role in Alzheimer’s disease

    Researchers focus on pathogens including Covid, herpes and Epstein-Barr virus

  • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
    Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
    Scientists test new biological alternatives to toxic pesticides

    Ladybirds, food dye and fungi are all being pressed into the war on harmful insects

  • Thursday, 13 October, 2022
    National Health Service
    NHS waiting list in England hits record 7mn

    Data reveal sharp deterioration in A&E performance despite service ‘working at full pelt’

  • Wednesday, 12 October, 2022
    Medical science
    Human-to-rat brain tissue implant boosts psychiatric disease research

    Stanford university experiments offer ‘exciting’ system for modelling disorders and neural development

  • Tuesday, 11 October, 2022
    Space exploration
    Nasa says probe deflected asteroid’s path more than expected

    US space agency declares success in mission testing technology that could divert deadly objects

  • Monday, 10 October, 2022
    Pharmaceuticals sector
    Oxford biotech raises funds to make RNA treatments for liver disease

    Ochre to test drugs in hundreds of donated human organs kept alive in labs

  • Wednesday, 5 October, 2022
    Nobel prizes
    Three scientists share Nobel Prize for advances in ‘click chemistry’

    ‘Functional’ technique of putting molecules together is transforming medical R&D and manufacturing

  • Tuesday, 4 October, 2022
    Nobel prizes
    Three physicists win Nobel prize for quantum technology discoveries

    Award shared for work to prove theory of entangled particles, an idea Einstein once dismissed as ‘spooky action’

  • Monday, 3 October, 2022
    Nobel prizes
    Swedish geneticist wins Nobel prize for decoding DNA of human ancestors

    Svante Pääbo’s sequencing of the Neanderthal’s genome boosts understanding of evolution

  • Tuesday, 27 September, 2022
    Space exploration
    Nasa successfully smashes satellite into asteroid in first deflection mission

    Dart strikes target 11mn km away in test of new technology to protect Earth from future threats

  • Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
    Pharmaceuticals sector
    Biogen drug slows progress of motor neurone disease in landmark trial

    Tofersen targets a defective gene that causes about 2% of cases of MND, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

  • Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
    Quantum technologies
    Danish initiative aims to develop first quantum computer for life sciences

    Novo Nordisk Foundation to spend $200mn over seven years on superfast devices for biomedical research

  • Sunday, 18 September, 2022
    The Big Read
    The race to reinvent the space station

    Nasa is funding American companies to build commercial replacements for the trailblazing International Space Station

  • Tuesday, 13 September, 2022
    Medical science
    UK university develops device to restore sense of touch to stroke patients

    Technology unveiled at British Science Festival brings back sensation by stimulating fingertips

  • Saturday, 10 September, 2022
    Pollution
    Scientists discover how air pollution causes lung cancer

    New techniques to prevent and treat tumours could be developed after researchers identify role played by inflammation

  • Thursday, 8 September, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Scientists seek $100mn to research long Covid

    Ethereum co-founder among those funding work on debilitating after effects of virus

  • Thursday, 25 August, 2022
    Scientific research
    Scientists create ‘synthetic’ mouse embryos with brains and beating hearts

    Aim is to use stem cell research to help humans in areas ranging from fertility treatment to organ transplants

  • Monday, 22 August, 2022
    Medical science
    Electrical brain stimulation improves memory in elderly, research finds

    Study could be used to help boost cognitive performance of people developing Alzheimer’s disease

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