For The Better

Hemophilia A is the most common severe form of hemophilia. It affects almost exclusively males. The disease can usually be treated well, but not for all sufferers. A study has now elucidated an important mechanism that is crucial for making the therapy…

An international team of astrophysicists has made a puzzling discovery while analyzing certain star clusters. The finding challenges Newton’s laws of gravity, the researchers write in their publication. Instead, the observations are consistent with the…

A recent study used contract tracing data to produce a detailed map to date of SARS-CoV-2 spread in New York City. Researchers found that the city’s contact tracing program was efficient and produced data that can inform neighborhood-level intervention…

Public health researchers have found that the prevalence of school discipline and school policing — core elements of the school-to-prison pipeline — predict subsequent school-average levels of substance use and developmental risk.

Sometimes, in creating an alloy out of multiple metals, defects and structural instability can occur in the material. Now, researchers are harnessing those imperfections to make the material stronger while retaining its flexibility.

A new method to anchor single atoms of platinum-group metals on nanometer-sized islands allows for efficiently using these expensive metals as catalysts for a wide variety of applications. Researchers showed that platinum atoms could be confined on sma…

Giving the combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors relatlimab and nivolumab to patients with stage III melanoma before surgery was safe and completely cleared all viable tumor in 57% of patients in a Phase II study, researchers report.

A low-carbohydrate diet, if sustained, may be a useful dietary approach for preventing and treating type 2 diabetes, but more research is needed, according to a new study. The clinical trial looked at how low-carb diets affect blood sugar control.

Over the last two centuries, human actions have resulted in rising temperatures, a massive carbon imbalance, and tremendous biodiversity loss. However, there are cases in which human stewardship seems to help remediate this damage. Researchers examined…

An international coalition of researchers says in a new report that the Earth’s vital signs have worsened to the point that ‘humanity is unequivocally facing a climate emergency.’