For The Better

There is a general understanding that pets have a positive impact on one’s well-being. A new study found that although pet owners reported pets improving their lives, there was not a reliable association between pet ownership and well-being during the …

Researchers have investigated how changes in urban land and population will affect future populations’ exposures to weather extremes under climate conditions at the end of the 21st century. They used a data-driven model to predict how urban areas acros…

With help from an experienced underwater cave-diving team, researchers have constructed the most complete map to date of the microbial communities living in the submerged labyrinths beneath Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. Researchers found the cave system’…

New research sheds light on the genes and nutrients that give MAIT cells their fighting power. The findings are an important step toward one day harnessing these cells to treat infectious diseases and improve cancer immunotherapies.

High-intensity, often catastrophic, wildfires have become increasingly frequent across the Western U.S. Researchers quantified the value of managed low-intensity burning to dramatically reduce the risk of such fires for years at a time.

Deep within every piece of magnetic material, electrons dance to the invisible tune of quantum mechanics. Their spins, akin to tiny atomic tops, dictate the magnetic behavior of the material they inhabit. This microscopic ballet is the cornerstone of m…