Stories by Declan Butler

A survey of more than 1,500 studies concludes neonicotinoids harm bees

Dwindling infection rate makes reliable data hard to gather

Early targets include Nipah virus and Middle East respiratory syndrome

Perlan mission will surf stratospheric waves and conduct atmospheric research

Scientists warn vaccine stocks would be overwhelmed in the event of large urban outbreaks

Cases may signal start of anticipated wave of birth defects in country already hit hard by outbreak

Knowledge about the drug's structure would help researchers understand what happened

Terrorism is tough to study, but researchers have gleaned insights from the current generation of Islamist extremists

A new outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome, in South Korea, has put a spotlight on the lack of detailed knowledge about how the virus spreads

The largest outbreak of the MERS coronavirus outside the Middle East is no different from previous outbreaks in the way that it spreads

Huge experiment across six nations shows lasting benefits from short-term support

Iranian physicists are excited at the prospects for a new physics lab and greater collaboration with the rest of the world

From predictions of nuclear "breakout" to monitoring "sneak out," scientific expertise is central to the success of the preliminary accord

Despite a recent sharp drop in the overall number of Ebola cases, the situation remains precarious in west Africa

The U.S. media is abuzz due to an outbreak at Disneyland in California, but the disease will keep popping up until it is wiped out worldwide

Rapid local diagnosis is essential for curbing the health crisis

The mechanism for replacing this post, created three years ago to provide independent scientific advice to the president of the European Commission, remains unclear

As the virus spreads in West Africa, a graphic offers a guide to the case count and transmission figures that matter

Although the virus is exerting a heavy toll in West Africa, it does not spread easily

A top antiviral-therapy researcher, Joep Lange, was among the more than 100 researchers and advocates killed en route to the 20th International AIDS Conference in Australia

A hydroacoustic signal caught by sensors in the Indian Ocean might be linked to the March crash of MH370

An accident at a nuclear-waste repository in New Mexico has closed down an experiment there just as soon as results started to flow in

Expectations are high as the first of six European Sentinel satellite launches

Study raises questions over the use of chicken eggs to provide viral strains for flu vaccines.