Three scientists are honored for developing a class of blockbuster weight-loss drugs. Is a Nobel prize on the way?

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One of this year's coveted Lasker Awards has gone to Zhijian "James" Chen, a scientist behind a key immune-system discovery.

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In promising experiments, phage therapy forces bacteria into a no-win dilemma that lowers their defenses against drugs they’d ...

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A science magazine endorsed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris for president. Critics slammed the endorsement, raising concerns ...

Now, Japan is looking to challenge that record by building the world’s first-ever ‘zeta-class’ supercomputer. Known as Fugaku ...