For The Better

Perceptions about sustainability and healthy food choices are closely linked, a new study shows.

Scientists have developed an injectable or catheter-administered hydrogel with enhanced capabilities for treating hepatocellular carcinoma, a deadly form of liver cancer. This drug-eluting hydrogel can provide sustained, pH-dependent drug co-delivery a…

Researchers have been working to better understand what drives melanoma brain metastasis. They now report on the identification of a cell signaling pathway that regulates the metastatic spread of melanoma cells to the brain.

Used lithium-ion batteries from cell phones, laptops and a growing number of electric vehicles are piling up, but options for recycling them remain limited mostly to burning or chemically dissolving shredded batteries. Researchers have improved on appr…

Cutting-edge computer simulations combined with theoretical calculations are helping astronomers better understand the origin of some of the universe’s most energetic and mysterious light shows — gamma-ray bursts, or GRBs. The new unified model confir…

In a new study using brain scans of former NFL athletes, researchers say they found high levels of a repair protein present long after a traumatic brain injury such as a concussion takes place.

A novel pilot study incorporating mindfulness into exposure therapy shows promise for reducing symptoms of post-traumatic stress in cardiac arrest survivors. One in three survivors of cardiac arrest survivors develop PTSD,  increasing their risk of mor…

The largest review of papers for brain cancer that has spread from the lungs has found abnormalities in the brain cancer and for which licensed drugs could be clinically trialed to find out if they could treat the disease.  The research also found gene…

Cryptocurrency mining uses a significant amount of water amid the global water crisis, and its water demand may grow further. Researchers provides the first comprehensive estimate of Bitcoin’s water use. He warns that its sheer scale could impact drink…

A landmark study into the geological timescale distribution of sediment and nutrients over 500 million years shows that species biodiversity on Earth is driven by landscape dynamics.

Scientists have developed a new tool for the measurement of entanglement in many-body systems and demonstrated it in experiments. The method enables the study of previously inaccessible physical phenomena and could contribute to a better understanding …

Remote teams are less likely to make breakthrough discoveries compared to those who work onsite, according to new research. The researchers’ key finding was that, while remote collaboration has the potential to deliver new and creative scientific ideas…

In a remarkable discovery, astronomers have found a disc around a young star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy neighboring ours. It’s the first time such a disc, identical to those forming planets in our own Milky Way, has ever been found outside…

New technology often calls for new materials — and with supercomputers and simulations, researchers don’t have to wade through inefficient guesswork to invent them from scratch.

The evolution of higher cognitive functions in humans has so far mostly been linked to the expansion of the neocortex. Researchers are increasingly realizing, however, that the ‘little brain’ or cerebellum also expanded during evolution and probably co…

Researchers have designed and developed a novel diagnostic device to detect traumatic brain injury (TBI) by shining a safe laser into the eye.

Scientists report a promising new approach to speed vaccine testing for TB.

One in 200 newborns is admitted to a neonatal unit with sepsis caused by a bacteria commonly carried by their mothers — much greater than the previous estimate, say researchers. The team has developed an ultra-sensitive test capable of better detectin…