Search results

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…

The website for the new open access journal ‘eLife’ launches today, revealing a fresh approach to presenting and using scientific content.

John-Arne Røttingen, chief executive of Wellcome, responds to the US administration's decision to withdraw from the WHO and the Paris Climate Agreement.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Jameisha Prescod turned to knitting when she felt overwhelmed by everything. Her self-portrait, Untangling, was one of the winners of the…

Plans to build a world-leading medical research institute at St Pancras in London have been approved by councillors at Camden Town Hall.

Cutting-edge science impacts our lives around the world. Society should ask as many questions as possible, writes Professor Joy Y. Zhang. But framing science as…

Wellcome will launch an open research publishing platform this autumn to enable their grantees to rapidly publish all outputs from their research.

Paul Nurse, Director of the Francis Crick Institute, has announced that the London artist Conrad Shawcross has been commissioned to create a stunning piece of public art for…

Wellcome Collection launches a year-long exploration into the experience of human consciousness with a new installation by Ann Veronica Janssens, opening tomorrow, 15 October…

The UK's structural biology community will have access to the most advanced crystallography technology in the world thanks to a £5.64 million investment from UK research…

Despite being treatable, cholera deaths have doubled over the last year. Researchers in Kenya are uncovering how simple interventions and mapping hotspots can prevent…

Marion Coutts has been awarded the Wellcome Book Prize 2015 for 'The Iceberg', her memoir on art, work, death and language, published by Atlantic Books. The announcement was…

Deadly heatwaves around the world are being made more likely by the climate crisis. Here, we look at how extreme heat impacts health, who is most at risk – and what can be…

Wellcome played a crucial role in the Ebola outbreak, leading to the Ervebo vaccine, transforming global health strategies and preparedness.

The Wellcome Library in London has added to its collection of drawings with the acquisition of a magnificent portrait drawing of the French surgeon Ange-Bernard Imbert…

The UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation (UKCMRI) has applied to Camden Council for permission to build a world-leading medical research institute at St Pancras and…

Hear the ‘sound of colour’ and the ‘music of your clothes’ played by an ensemble of ‘Seeing Instruments’ and watch a real, live experiment designed by children where…

Two of the UK’s largest funders of medical research are to invest £8 million in a new world-leading centre for stem cell biology and medicine. The Wellcome Trust-Medical…

The Wellcome Trust is funding a new research programme at the University of Oxford to investigate how the brain supports complex mental processes, and inform our…