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People - or more specifically just Swedes - are more like chimpanzees than previously known. This is indicated in a genetic mapping of one thousand Swedish individuals, where new DNA sequences that should be included in the reference genome have been identified.

The pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii is one of three highest priority pathogens identified by WHO (World Health Organisation) for which new antibiotics are urgently needed. Researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding the functions and structures of key enzymes in the assembly of an antibiotic with activity against the pathogen, which could enable more effective versions to be created.

A group of researchers in Japan has developed a new type of processor known as PAXEL, a device that can potentially bypass Moore's Law and increase the speed and efficiency of computing.

When hospitals are hacked, the public hears about the number of victims - but not what information the cybercriminals stole. New research is the first to uncover the specific data leaked through hospital breaches, sounding alarm bells for nearly 170 million people.

In a new paper assessing whether machines will one day become truly artificially intelligent, researchers conclude that that true, human-level intelligence remains a long way off, but their new paper explores how computers could begin to evolve learning in the same way as natural organisms did - with implications for many fields, including artificial intelligence.

Novel data and analytic platform built to accelerate the development of drugs by addressing the need to better characterize rare diseases.

Researchers used a multi-fractal analysis technique to describe the patterns produced by bacterial sliding movement. The bacteria don't move independently but push each other within the colony by dividing and competing for the same space.

It sounds like science fiction: controlling electronic devices with brain waves. But researchers have developed a new type of electroencephalogram (EEG) electrode that can do just that, without the sticky gel required for conventional electrodes. Even better, the devices work through a full head of hair.

Researchers have improved our standard methods for estimating the dark matter content of the universe through artificial intelligence, using cutting-edge machine learning algorithms for cosmological data analysis that have a lot in common with those used for facial recognition by Facebook and other social media.

In a new study published in the journal Neuron, researchers have explored whether or not being able to physically move through virtual spaces improves how we learn them.