For The Better

Engineers have made a significant breakthrough in de-icing technology. New research examines a smart, hybrid — meaning passive and also active — de-icing system that works by combining an interfacial coating with an ice-detecting microwave sensor.

The miles-wide asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago wiped out nearly all the dinosaurs and roughly three-quarters of the planet’s plant and animal species.

Only satellites were watching when the world’s fourth-largest proglacial lake suddenly drained in 2020. Researchers now uncovered the event and analyzed the cause — the collapse of a sediment bump at the outlet of the lake.

The number of trout in a southern Oregon stream system showed no decline one year after a fire burned almost the entire watershed, including riparian zone trees that had helped maintain optimal stream temperatures for the cold-water fish.

The hepatitis B virus (HBV) is responsible for one of the most serious and common infectious diseases. Transmitted through biological fluids, it attacks the liver cells. The chronic form of the disease can lead to serious complications, including cirrh…

Metastasis — when cancer spreads to form new tumors — causes approximately 90% of cancer-related deaths. Because metastatic cancer cells circulate in the blood, the liver — which filters the blood — is considered the most vulnerable organ, so treat…

Children and young adults with Down Syndrome are four times more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes, according to new research.

Researchers used accelerometers to study how the 24-hour movement behaviors, i.e. sleep, sedentary behavior, light physical activity and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity change in relation to each other when a person retires. The results show an …

A new discovery about how cells make antibodies has revealed the surprisingly random way the body’s immune system defends against infection and disease.

We rely on climate models to predict the future, but models cannot be fully tested as climate observations rarely extend back more than 150 years. Understanding the Earth’s past climate history across a longer period gives us an invaluable opportunity …

Most theories claim the Moon formed out of the debris of a collision between the Earth and an object about the size of Mars, called Theia, coalescing in orbit over months or years. A new simulation puts forth a different theory — the Moon may have for…

A new study shows that targeted cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can significantly lessen food allergy-related anxiety (FAA) for both children and parents.

In one of the largest single-center COVID-19 cohort studies to date, researchers have identified a key driver of COVID-19 disease severity. The findings suggest that lung damage is linked to the loss of immune cells called macrophages that normally res…

Newly discovered biological changes in mothers who suffer postpartum depression may help explain the condition, yield long-sought treatments and let doctors identify those at risk even before their babies are born.