For The Better

Scientists have invented a new ‘whipping jet’ sprayer that allows for greater control over how aerosols move. The device could benefit pharmaceutical, automotive, food processing, carbon capture and other industries.

High-severity wildfire in California’s Sierra Nevada forests has nearly quintupled compared to before Euro-American settlement, rising from less than 10% per year then to up to 43% today, a new study finds.

Researchers have developed a new computational tool that can more accurately discover and quantify RNA molecules from these error-prone long-read RNA sequencing data. The tool, called ESPRESSO (Error Statistics PRomoted Evaluator of Splice Site Options…

The sport of orienteering, which draws on athleticism, navigational skills and memory, could be useful as an intervention or preventive measure to fight cognitive decline related to dementia, according to new research.

A new study of red sea urchins, a commercially valuable species, investigated how different populations respond to changes in their environments. The results show that red sea urchin populations in Northern and Southern California are adapted to their …

Scientists have long sought to better understand the human body’s immune responses that occur during various diseases, including cancer and inflammatory diseases. Scientists have now analyzed how immunological memory — the memory the body’s immune sys…

Female and male hearts respond differently to ‘fight or flight’ stress hormone, according to a new study in mice. It may help explain sex differences in arrhythmia risk.

College students reporting a higher level of loneliness also reported a higher level of sedentary behavior and low activity.

There are often too few flowering plants in agricultural landscapes, which is one reason for the decline of pollinating insects. Researchers ave now investigated how a mixture of crops of faba beans (broad beans) and wheat affects the number of pollina…

A new study finds that rest, contrary to popular belief, may not always be the best cure after a concussion.

A researcher has created a computer reconstruction of a virus, including its complete native genome. Although other researchers have created similar reconstructions, this is believed to be the first to replicate the exact chemical and 3D structure of a…

Biomedical engineers say interstitial fluid, the watery fluid found between and around cells, tissues or organs in the body, could provide an excellent medium for early disease diagnosis or long-term health monitoring.

Researchers have experimentally detected the structural change of hydration water confined in the tiny nano-scale pores of layered materials such as clays. Their findings potentially open the door to new options for ion separation and energy storage.

Results from global data show vaccination and a prior COVID-19 infection offer the best defense against severe illness and reinfection.

Intact forests are important climate regulators and harbors of biodiversity, but they are rapidly disappearing. Agriculture is commonly considered to be the major culprit behind forest loss, but the authors of a new article show that agriculture isn’t …

In order to meet climate protection goals, renewable energies are booming — often wind power. More than 30,000 turbines have already been installed on the German mainland so far, and the industry is currently scrambling to locate increasingly rare sui…

Physicists have experimentally proven that an important theorem of statistical physics applies to so-called ‘Bose-Einstein condensates.’ Their results now make it possible to measure certain properties of the quantum ‘superparticles’ and deduce system …

Neuroscientists find two distinct cell populations in the striatum are affected differently by Huntington’s disease. They believe neurodegeneration of one of these populations leads to motor impairments, while damage to the other population, located in…