For The Better

New AGA guideline outlines reliable blood and stool tests to monitor inflammation that can reduce how often patients need invasive endoscopy. 

A research project has made a brand-new breakthrough over conventional stainless steel and the development of stainless steel for hydrogen (SS-H2).

For over 20 years, a research team has studied the common bluetail damselfly. Females occur in three different color forms — one with a male-like appearance, something that protects them from mating harassment. In a new study, an international researc…

Old people who follow a Mediterranean diet are at a lower risk of cognitive decline, according to a new study. The study provides new evidence for a better understanding of the biological mechanisms related to the impact of the diet on cognitive health…

The remarkable proton and oxide-ion (dual-ion) conductivities of hexagonal perovskite-related oxide Ba7Nb3.8Mo1.2O20.1 are promising for next-generation electrochemical devices. The unique ion-transport mechanisms they unveiled will hopefully pave the …

Unlike humans, zebrafish can completely regenerate their hearts after injury. They owe this ability to the interaction between their nervous and immune systems, as researchers now report.

CITE-seq (cellular indexing of transcriptomes and epitopes) is an RNA sequencing-based method that simultaneously quantifies cell surface protein and transcriptomic data within a single cell readout. The ability to study cells concurrently offers unpre…

Redispensing cancer drugs reduces both environmental impact and medical costs, according to new research. The annual savings could amount to tens of millions.

In 1973, physicist Phil Anderson hypothesized that the quantum spin liquid, or QSL, state existed on some triangular lattices, but he lacked the tools to delve deeper. Fifty years later, a team has confirmed the presence of QSL behavior in a new materi…

Algae living within the soft tissue of coral supply much of the energy needed by their hosts, and some symbiotic algae help coral withstand warmer water better than others. Researchers have now found that there was a tradeoff for corals dominated by th…

An open source code library for brain-inspired deep learning, called ‘snnTorch,’ has surpassed 100,000 downloads and is used in a wide variety of projects. A new paper details the code and offers a perspective on the future of the field.

Nature photographers posting to social media are helping improve biodiversity conservation mapping in South Asia, and the method could go global.

New research shows that air filtration systems or ‘air cleaners’ don’t stop you getting sick. Air cleaners are designed to filter pollutants or contaminants out of the air that passes through them.

Researchers have rediscovered and successfully cultivating Rhabdamoeba marina — a rare marine amoeba that has only been reported in two cases in the past century. Using this culture strain, they performed a comprehensive analysis of its genetic sequen…