For The Better

A new study shows that some ocean animals may be able evolve their way out of troubles caused by climate change — but at a high cost. By artificially evolving 23 generations of a marine copepod, Acartia tonsa, a team of scientists found that the tiny …

New research suggests that a novel, short-term forecasting method, using machine learning and vast, anonymized datasets from social media accounts, significantly outperforms conventional models for projecting COVID trends at the county level.

Scientists have found that fermented soybean waste, or okara, could improve fat metabolism and mitigate effects of diet-induced obesity.

Just one dose of a new nanoparticle-based COVID-19 vaccine was enough to produce an immune response in animals on track with vaccines currently in clinical use. And with minor changes, researchers hope the same vaccine platform could target other infec…

Scientists have identified variants in two genes that are associated with accelerated aging in childhood cancer survivors.

More than 110 years after Hiram Bingham’s first visit to the site, researchers reviewed Bingham’s original field notes, early 20th century maps of the region, and centuries-old land documents from different archives. Their findings suggest that less wa…

Researchers found that consuming ALA that is found in plant-based foods like walnuts and flaxseeds was associated with a 10% lower risk of cardiovascular disease and a 20 percent reduced risk of fatal coronary heart disease.

Engineers propose a new kind of encryption to protect data in the age of quantum computers.

A novel system to control protein aggregation in a model of Parkinson’s disease may answer longstanding questions about how the disease begins and spreads, according to a new study. Initial results suggest that aggregation of the protein alpha-synuclei…

When a heavy alcohol drinker tries to take a night off, their body protests, with shaky hands, heart palpitations, anxiety and headaches. These acute symptoms of alcohol withdrawal — but even more so the enduring emotional distress that lingers into p…

The new study suggests that children tend to have strong antibody responses after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Understanding antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 at different ages can inform COVID-19 vaccine strategies and policies.

A new tool to break down and segment large data set problems and problems with many parameters in particle physics could have a wide range of applications.