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If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, then it shouldn’t be surprising that their neural circuits differ. In research published today in the journal ‘Current Biology…

A rare genetic disorder has given researchers at the University of Exeter a surprising insight into how the pancreas develops. The finding provides a clue to how it may be…

Passers-by looking in the windows of the Wellcome Trust’s central London headquarters this summer may be surprised to find two giant pairs of eyes staring back at them. ‘Eye…

Kelly Vere, Director of Technical Skills and Strategy at the University of Nottingham, explains how she's been working to build a better culture for technicians.

Genetics has provided surprising insights into why vaccines used in both the UK and the USA to combat serious childhood infections can eventually fail. The study, published…

Scientists at the University of Oxford and the University of Chicago have constructed the world’s first genetic map in chimpanzees of recombination - the exchange of genetic…

They are with us from the beginning and eat us when we die. Insects will always be a part of our lives, and a major new season at Wellcome Collection explores the complex and…

Here’s a piece of research that might leave you tickled: laughter is a universal language, according to new research.

The MindKind report shares findings of research that considers how best to collect and share mental health data from youth across the world.

A gene previously linked to too much growth in patients has now also been linked to growth restriction. Different forms of the gene can lead to very different conditions,…

Researchers have identified four new genetic regions that influence birth weight, providing further evidence that genes as well as maternal nutrition are important for growth…

A video highlighting the 'co-benefits' of measures to reduce geenhouse gas emissions.

Wellcome Collection’s spring exhibition, ‘Outsider Art from Japan’, will bring together more than 300 works for the first major display of Japanese Outsider Art in the UK.…

Children as young as five months old will follow the gaze of an adult towards an object and engage in joint attention, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust and…

Alisha speaks to Professor Daniel Freeman about the importance of sleep and its potential in fighting the global mental health crisis.

Wellcome Collection opens wide on Friday 30 September for ‘Get Mouthy!’ - an evening dedicated to nature’s most important orifice.

Launch of a £25,000 annual award, created by the Wellcome Trust, bringing together the traditionally diverse fields of medicine and literature.

Film ideas inspired by neuroscience, memory, technology, mental health and genetic engineering are among the contenders in the shortlist, announced today, for the inaugural…

Lack of mentoring and career support along with a low number of female role models have been cited as key factors that may be driving women in science to move away from…

The judging panel for the fourth Wellcome Trust Book Prize is announced today. Chairing the panel of judges this year is journalist, broadcaster and author Mark Lawson.