For The Better

Avoiding mosquitoes to protect against bites is always a good idea. But a new study shows that the bacteria-ridden exteriors of mosquitoes may be another reason to arm yourself with a swatter.

Doctors and their family members are less likely than other people to comply with guidelines for taking medication, according to a new study.

Astronomers took a ‘deep dive’ into one of the first images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and were rewarded with a surprising discovery: telltale signs of two dozen previously unseen young stars about 7,500 light years from Earth.

The AVID college prep program leads to lower substance use, better health behaviors among high school students. Significantly, the findings suggest that ‘academic tracking,’ the practice of separating high and low performing students into different cla…

A team of engineers has developed a photoacoustic patch that can monitor biomolecules in deep tissues, including hemoglobin. It can perform 3D mapping of hemoglobin with a submillimeter spatial resolution in deep tissues, down to centimeters below the …

Scientists have made an important breakthrough in understanding how inflammation is regulated. They have just discovered that a key immune alarm protein previously believed to calm down the immune response actually does the opposite. Their work has num…

The earliest dinosaurs included carnivorous, omnivorous and herbivorous species, according to a team of palaeobiologists.

The origins of the serious cancer-like disease LCH have been identified by researchers. The findings may lead to new, targeted treatments.

A grammatical problem which has defeated Sanskrit scholars since the 5th Century BC has finally been solved by a PhD student.

A research team is mapping out new modeling strategies so that proposed energy development and the management of rare plants don’t necessarily have to be mutually exclusive endeavors.

Lipstick can be a confidence booster, enhance a costume and keep lips from chapping. But sharing a tube with a friend or family member can also spread infections. To develop a version with antimicrobial properties, researchers have added cranberry extr…

Researchers hope their genome-assembly tool will spur the development of new treatments for bacterial infections.

Astronomers have found a way to peer into the physics of some of the brightest stars in the sky.

A new study examined the combination of the common immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda) with all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA), a chemotherapy drug that targets myeloid-derived suppressor cells. Researchers found that the drug combination is effect…

Climate change, rather than competition, played a key role in the ascendancy of dinosaurs through the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic periods.

Scientists analyzed new measurements showing that the light emitted by stars outside our galaxy is two to three times brighter than the light from known populations of galaxies, challenging assumptions about the number and environment of stars are in t…