For The Better

New research reveals more information about the Louisiana State University (LSU) Campus Mounds, including the discovery of thousands of years old charred mammal bone fragments and a coordinated alignment of both mounds toward one of the brightest stars…

The UK Government’s current proposal to fortify one type of flour with folic acid is inadequate as it suggests a low dose that would fail to prevent hundreds of cases of severe birth defects each year, according to a new paper.

Brain tumors may create interactions that hide them from the body’s defenses. They can adapt to treatment by recruiting help from nearby healthy tissue. These interactions could be why these deadly cancers recur in almost all cases.

People with serious food allergies face potentially fatal consequences if they’re accidentally exposed to triggering foods. But tests in allergic mice show that swallowing a form of butyrate — a compound produced by healthy gut bacteria — offers prot…

Lithium can alleviate the symptoms of bipolar disorder and depression — if taken in just the right amount. To precisely monitor the amount of this medication in the body, patients must undergo blood tests. But today, scientists report the development …

Summer is in full swing, and people are turning up their air conditioners to beat the heat. But the hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants in these and other cooling devices are potent greenhouse gases and major drivers of climate change. Today, scientists rep…

Many consumers hesitate to make the switch to electric vehicles. One reason is that it takes longer to power up an electric car than to gas up a conventional one. But charging too fast can damage the battery and reduce its lifespan. Now, scientists rep…

Studies have shown that pollution disproportionately affects communities where economically disadvantaged people and Hispanic, Black and Asian people live. Scientists have begun documenting these disparities in detail, but information on daily variatio…

Marijuana and hallucinogen use in the past year reported by young adults 19 to 30 years old increased significantly in 2021 compared to five and 10 years ago, reaching historic highs in this age group since 1988, according to a recent study.

Researchers have successfully synthesized fumarate (fumaric acid), a raw material for unsaturated polyester resin, by combining carbon dioxide (CO2) with pyruvate (derived from biomass), using two biocatalysts: malate dehydrogenase and fumarase. Fumara…

How do different materials react to the impact of ions? This is a question that plays an important role in many areas of research — for example in nuclear fusion research, when the walls of the fusion reactor are bombarded by high-energy ions. However…

Larvae with extremely inflated trunks, fossilized in amber, are giving zoologists insights into the evolution and lifestyle of early lacewings.

Accepted theories of how people’s visual attention behaves in situations with lots of stimuli, such as crossing a busy street, may need to be rethought.

Likely in order to survive in the oral cavity, bacteria evolved to divide along their longitudinal axis without parting from one another. Environmental cell biologists and microbial geneticists have just published their new insights. In their work, the…