For The Better

For years, unrecycled plastic bottles have been dumped in landfills. Now, thanks to new research, those bottles may have a second life in that landfill — stabilizing its earth walls.

Like us, cells communicate. Well, in their own special way. Using waves as their common language, cells tell one another where and when to move. They talk, they share information, and they work together — much like interdisciplinary teams. Researchers…

Bat activity falls as farms make the transition to organic agriculture, new research shows.

A team of computer scientists and designers has developed a tool to help people use color better in graphic design.

Scientists recently launched the Climate Solutions Explorer — a comprehensive resource that visualizes and presents vital data about climate mitigation, climate impacts, vulnerabilities, and risks arising from development and climate change.

Volunteering in late life is associated with better cognitive function — specifically, better executive function and episodic memory.

Memories can be as tricky to hold onto for machines as they can be for humans. To help understand why artificial agents develop holes in their own cognitive processes, electrical engineers have analyzed how much a process called ‘continual learning’ im…

One of the world’s largest studies on the impact of cholesterol-lowering medication has good and bad news for the 200 million people who take statins or other medication for high cholesterol.