The lateral flow assay market is poised for growth via increasing home-based self-testing kits, integration with smartphones for telehealth, and expansions in food safety and environmental monitoring.

Visitors to care homes in parts of England will be able to get tested for COVID-19 under a new pilot scheme aimed at reducing onerous restrictions in time for Christmas, the health ministry said on ...

Researchers design a flavor-based flu test that could transform chewing gum into an early detection tool, potentially ...

German scientists have designed a new molecular sensor to release a thyme flavor when it encounters the flu virus.

Researchers have adapted a rapid diagnostic technology that is able to identify undetected cases of malaria, helping tackle ...

It can be tricky deciding whether or not to keep your child off school when they're ill but the NHS has some useful guidance ...

Nearly 90 per cent of all Covid cases recorded in England are now linked to two new variants: NB.1.8.1 and XFG, nicknamed ...

Researchers at OIST built a graphite disk that levitates and spins for hours in a vacuum, showing how perfect magnetic symmetry can cancel energy loss.

In this week’s Science for All newsletter, Vasudevan Mukunth explains how scientists found inspiration in kirigami, the Japanese art of cutting paper to create complex forms, to be used in parachutes.

The NHS and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) have warned that even if someone received the vaccine last year, they may not ...

Arctic winter is not quiet. New research shows that dissolved carbon becomes easier for microbes to use, reshaping the ...

World-class tennis players make timing the most difficult shots look easy. In addition to their superb athleticism, elite ...