Mark Moore to join Uber’s Elevate division after 30 years at US space agency

Group reports big profit rise for 2016 partly due to gains on asset disposals

Experts call for urgent action to fight drug-resistant parasites in Southeast Asia

Scientists say machine could solve problems beyond conventional electronics

Winners developed technology used in all today’s digital cameras and smartphones

Using natural gas to create nutrition for fish and pigs benefits a hungry world

Industry executives welcome president’s vow as way to lower prices

Texas Hold ’em tournament set men against AI program

Collaboration with Novo Nordisk part of strategy to revive UK drug discovery research

First reported success from research that aims to grow human tissue in large animals

Questions asked about price paid for Swiss group and spin-off of promising new drugs

Danish drugmaker hails neuroscience breakthrough in breaching the blood-brain barrier

A wave of disruption looms for the country’s flagship industries — cars and machines — from Silicon Valley innovation

More than one-third of differences between individuals down to genetics, study finds

Acrylamide formed by cooking starchy foods for long periods at high temperatures

The technology entrepreneur talks about challenging bureaucracy

Leader is to set out industrial policy focusing on ‘critical national infrastructure’

Silicon Valley fears vilification like bankers for prospering at expense of everyman

Billion-dollar programme aims to cut vaccine-development time from 12 years to one