For The Better

Scientists reveal another factor implicated in the aging process — a class of lipids called SGDGs (3-sulfogalactosyl diacylglycerols) that decline in the brain with age and may have anti-inflammatory effects. The research helps unravel the molecular b…

Engineering researchers have developed a new self-healing composite that allows structures to repair themselves in place, without having to be removed from service. This latest technology resolves two longstanding challenges for self-healing materials,…

Researchers have developed a computational method to map the architecture of human tissues in unprecedented detail. Their approach promises to accelerate studies on organ-scale cellular interactions and could enable powerful new diagnostic strategies f…

Researchers have found that a system based on ion-sensitive field effect transistors — a tiny electrical circuit that is activated by a change in pH — and enzymatic chemical signal amplification can accurately detect EGFR on breast cancer cells. This…

Researchers and others report that more than one-third of the COVID-19 patients who did not receive any treatment experienced complete resolution of symptoms for at least two consecutive days, but then subsequently reported a return of symptoms.

Engineers and scientists have discovered a low-energy, one-step photocatalytic method for converting the problematic industrial pollutant hydrogen sulfide — a gas with the unmistakable odor of rotten eggs — into valuable hydrogen gas and sulfur.

A team of quantum physicists has established a new method to observe vortices in dipolar quantum gases. These quantum vortices are considered a strong indication of superfluidity, the frictionless flow of a quantum gas, and have now been experimentally…

There has long been an assumption that a connection exists between affective polarization and anti-democratic attitudes. A new study tests several depolarization interventions and finds that, while they depolarize, they do not affect anti-democratic at…

Researchers have created a newborn hearing screening system that uses cheap earbuds and a smartphone instead of an expensive commercial device.

Twilight observations have enabled astronomers to spot three near-Earth asteroids (NEA) hiding in the glare of the Sun. These NEAs are part of an elusive population that lurks inside the orbits of Earth and Venus. One of the asteroids is the largest ob…

A new protocol extends live imaging time for C. elegans larvae and adults using light sheet fluorescence microscopy from 20 minutes to more than 2 hours, while avoiding heat stress in the specimen.