He had been imprisoned on a three-year sentence for creating the world's first genetically-edited babies, Pandaily said

The new device, just 1.3 centimetres in size, "eats" microplastics, which have spread across the world's seas, according to a team from Sichuan University

China is unlikely to join the majority of countries in approving foreign-made vaccines based on mRNA technology before making its own

The virus is undergoing short-lived mutational bursts and then returning to a slower base rate, according to a team at the University of Melbourne

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the plan would give Australia "eyes" on the icy continent amid Beijing's growing interest in the region

One of the contenders is a team in China that last year was the first to complete a human trial of CRISPR genome-edited pig skin grafts

Authorities enraged pet lovers with an order to cull more than 2,200 hamsters after tracing an outbreak to a shop where 11 rodents tested positive