For-profit dialysis provider charges private insurers 4 times more than government payers

Private insurers covering people receiving treatment for dialysis paid four times more than government insurance programs…

Unprecedented weakening of Asian summer monsoon

Rainfall from the Asian summer monsoon has been decreasing over the past 80 years, a decline…

Reprogrammable satellite takes shape

The payload and platform of the first European satellite that can be completely reprogrammed after launch…

3D Earth in the making

A thorough understanding of the ‘solid Earth’ system is essential for deciphering the links between processes…

Researchers find widely 'inconsistent' use of antibodies in lab experiments

Scientists say they have affirmed widespread inconsistencies in the use of a common laboratory procedure called…

Artificial intelligence tool vastly scales up Alzheimer's research

Researchers have found a way to teach a computer to precisely detect one of the hallmarks…

Proba-V is six

Technology image of the week: the snow-capped peaks of New Zealand’s South Island, taken by ESA’s…

Inside the new space race: Who’ll be the first back to the moon?

Nations from the US to China and companies such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX are vying to…

Elon Musk's SpaceX or a superpower: Who'll win the new space race?

Nations from the US to China and companies such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX are vying to…

Mediterranean water cycle

As our climate changes, the availability of freshwater is a growing issue for many people around…