For The Better

Biologists offer new insights into entities known as transposons, providing knowledge that could one day help in the fight against cancers and aging-related diseases.

The passage of time was altered for many people during the COVID-19 pandemic, ranging from difficulty in keeping track of days of the week to feeling that the hours themselves rushed by or slowed down. In prior work, these distortions have been associa…

Nitrous oxide may be much less abundant in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, but as a greenhouse gas, it’s a doozy. With a potency 300 times greater than CO2, nitrous oxide’s warming potential, especially via agriculture, demands attention. Researche…

Engineering and medical researchers are developing a digital health system approach designed to enhance back-pain clinical decision-making. After completing a series of studies testing precise, objective measurements they’ve perfected in the lab, the t…

A research team has demonstrated efficient spin transport in an antiferromagnet/ferromagnet hybrid that remains robust up to room temperature.

Insecure income associated with nontraditional employment known as ‘gig work’ has a negative impact on the overall health and well-being of U.S. workers, according to a new article.

More than 60 engineers and scientists are gathering at Southwest Research Institute Aug. 23-24 to kick off the launch vehicle collaboration for NASA’s Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission. PUNCH, which will study the inceptio…

Volunteers spent thousands of hours recording trash on beaches in Washington and Oregon to show that certain beaches, and certain areas of a single beach, are ‘sticky zones’ that accumulate litter. Finding patterns for where litter lands could help to …

People who use therapeutic cannabis are more likely to also use nicotine products than the general population, according to a new study.

Labels alerting customers that products contain ingredients from genetically engineered plants may reduce sales, at least in the short term, according to agricultural economists.

Lymph nodes trigger very different immune responses — depending on which body tissue they are connected to. Special T cells are responsible for this newly discovered relation.

Growing in both green and ‘gray’ spaces in cities, along with the variability of growing methods, means some city crops — like cucumbers, potatoes and lettuces — yield at least twice as much as their rural counterparts. That’s good news for cities lo…