The James Webb Space Telescope has helped researchers to witness the birth of some of the universe's earliest galaxies, somewhere between 13.3 and 13.4 billion years ago. [ + ]

US researchers have assessed the risk of H5N1 bird flu infection by consuming raw milk, while others have found an experimental mRNA vaccine appears highly effective in preventing severe illness and death. [ + ]

Dutch scientists have engineered a sticky substance that protects plants from diseases and pests by trapping them when they land on plant leaves, incapacitating them. [ + ]

The new research is important for understanding the different communities of microbes in different environments across ready-to eat-food facilities. [ + ]

Using image-based deep learning and dynamic shape classification techniques, researchers have developed a novel method of checking red blood cell deformability that is said to be less invasive. [ + ]

An ultrasmall implant, with electrodes the size of a single neuron that can remain intact in the human body, holds promise for future vision implants for the blind. [ + ]

Researchers found a way to maximise the adhesion of the material by using shape-memory polymers, which can stick and detach easily when needed simply by heating them. [ + ]

Researchers paired venetoclax, a current standard-of-care anticancer drug for acute myeloid leukaemia, with a STING agonist, an emerging class of immunotherapy drug. [ + ]

To many healthcare buyers in the US, Europe, South-East Asia, Africa and South America, China remains an enigmatic and largely unexplored entity. [ + ]

The genomic tree sheds new light on the evolutionary history of flowering plants and their rise to ecological dominance on Earth. [ + ]

Researchers have found a protein that is responsible for turning off brown fat activity, in a breakthrough which could help to address obesity and related health problems. [ + ]

Researchers have identified fragments from influenza B viruses that the immune system consistently recognise, offering promising targets for a universal influenza B vaccine. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a smart nanoprobe designed to infiltrate prostate tumours and send back a signal using an optical imaging technique known as Raman spectroscopy. [ + ]

In an experiment carried out in rats, chronic administration of melatonin prevented obesity to a greater extent than acute treatment and reduced visceral obesity by around 3%. [ + ]

With a mass 33 times that of the Sun, and based a mere 1926 light-years away, Gaia BH3 is the second-closest known black hole to Earth. [ + ]