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December 2022

  1. Fermi Bubbles Explained: Fast Outward Winds and ‘Reverse Shock’ at Center of Galaxy
  2. Deep-sea Soot
  3. Psychedelic drugs, monkey brains and rescue drones to feature in cutting-edge research
  4. Human brain organoids implanted into mouse cortex respond to visual stimuli for first time
  5. Cryptocurrency upheaval could be a blessing in disguise for the future of blockchain technology
  6. New software uncovering the link between ancestry and cancer
  7. Females beat males at understanding others
  8. Brown algae could pull half a gigaton of CO2 from atmosphere annually (and that’s a lot)
  9. The Potentially Adverse Impact of Twitter 2.0 on Scientific and Research Communication
  10. A Lethal Climate
  11. Chinese make big step toward artificial hibernation for humans
  12. From food on Mars to curbs on plastics, young scientists show power of their spirit and intellect
  13. Common features among neurodegenerative diseases, opening door to early diagnosis and treatment
  14. EU can lead in tackling green and social challenges in tandem: Sandrine Dixson-Declève
  15. Stigma affects well-being of people in consensually non-monogamous relationships
  16. Breathing Plastic
  17. EU awards €5 million prize to research team for harnessing the sun to make fuel from water
  18. Longer proteins for longer lifespan?
  19. Risky Resilience
  20. Babies born to Black mothers in rich countries twice as likely to die in first weeks of life
  21. White Americans who believe white people are poor are more likely to support welfare policies
  22. Youth are ditching alcohol for marijuana, as 20-year national US study shows a 245% increase
  23. Fossil discovery in storeroom cupboard shifts origin of modern lizard back 35 million years
  24. Binding the Coast
  25. Airports and harbours prepare to slash emissions as the greening of transport accelerates
  26. Subjective cognitive decline linked to higher dementia risk for Black, Latino people

November 2022

  1. Green Mediterranean diet reduces twice as much visceral fat as the Mediterranean diet and 10% more than a healthy diet
  2. Caring Corals
  3. Synthetic fibers discovered in Antarctic air, seawater, sediment and sea ice as the ‘pristine’ continent becomes a sink for plastic pollution
  4. World’s heaviest bird may be self-medicating on plants used in traditional medicine
  5. Acupuncture can relieve lower back/pelvic pain often experienced during pregnancy
  6. Turning wastewater into fertilizer could help to make agriculture more sustainable
  7. Advanced forecasting to help millions on coasts and in cities cope with climate-change impacts
  8. Rays of Hope
  9. Rising housing cost to income ratio strongly linked to poor health, death, suicide
  10. Bias against older organ donors may be leading to smaller organ supply for transplants
  11. ‘Prodrug’ targets cancer cell appetite for glutamine, leaves healthy cells unharmed
  12. Mothers who have young or multiple children may engage in less intense physical activity
  13. 1 billion + young people potentially at risk of hearing loss from headphones, earbuds, loud music venues
  14. Teachers experienced more anxiety than healthcare and other workers during the pandemic
  15. Feeling poorer than your friends in early adolescence is associated with worse mental health
  16. Taking freight trucks electric would have big economic and environmental benefits for India
  17. Moderate exercise helps colorectal cancer patients live longer by reducing inflammation, improving gut bacteria
  18. Morning physical activity is associated with the lowest risk of heart disease and stroke
  19. Brain Area Thought to Impart Consciousness, Behaves Instead Like an Internet Router
  20. MS clinicians listen up: Here’s how your patients need you to talk about brain atrophy with them
  21. Study pinpoints three brain regions with signature connections in autistic individuals
  22. Woody Infestation
  23. Your favorite songs reveal your attachment style, study finds
  24. Advanced forecasting to help millions on coasts and in cities cope with climate-change impacts
  25. Focused ultrasound treatment for essential tremor highly effective after 5 years
  26. First sentence ever written in Canaanite language discovered: Plea to eradicate beard lice
  27. Genetics may explain link between unhealthy teen lifestyles and accelerated biological aging
  28. Genetic variant found that predisposes people to slimness, carried by 60% of Europeans
  29. New drug can successfully treat patients typically resistant to high blood pressure treatment
  30. At overdose events, arrests by police and combative behavior are rare, study finds
  31. Cholesterol and diabetes drugs may lessen risk of degenerative eye disease of ageing
  32. Atmosphere of excitement as Europe’s JWST astronomers study climate on other planets
  33. Shrinking Rhinos

October 2022

  1. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to Host a Webinar on Using New Definitions and Tools to Support Alcohol Recovery
  2. Buzzing Electricity
  3. Controlling gut flora can reduce mortality in critically ill patients on life support
  4. Burn With Fire: Prescribed fire could reduce tick populations and pathogen transmission
  5. Systemic racism plays role in much higher maternal mortality rate among Black women
  6. Sickly shades of grey: Disease outbreaks influence the color of wolves across North America
  7. Shipwrecked Sediments
  8. Designing a Methylation Clock that Reliably Evaluates Anti-aging Interventions
  9. Next generation sunscreen to better prevent harmful effects of UV solar radiation
  10. Mushroom that grows on insects could help develop new anti-viral medications and cancer drugs
  11. Who does it best? Scientists study effectiveness of fangs, claws and other biological weapons
  12. Ancient world’s multicultural secrets revealed by handwriting analysis of scrolls
  13. Children born to younger or older parents have an increased risk of bipolar disorder
  14. Economic losses from hurricanes become too big to be offset by the US if warming continues
  15. Eating well and avoiding the news gave the best mental health outcomes during COVID
  16. Washed into Dust
  17. Don’t call it Smell-o-Vision: Scent in VR environment possible with new technology
  18. People who viewed sex as a leisure activity enjoyed more, better sex during the pandemic
  19. ‘We’ve Never Seen Anything Like This Before:’ Black Hole Spews Out Material Years After Shredding Star
  20. Assessments of thinking skills may misrepresent poor, inner-city children in the US
  21. Greener trucking would benefit disadvantaged Californians more than greener buildings
  22. E-bikes not likely to help users reach moderate-vigorous physical activity targets
  23. Research suggests gut microbiome plays a role in lifestyle’s effects on dementia risk
  24. Electronic gaming can trigger potentially lethal heart rhythm problems in susceptible children
  25. After stroke in an infant’s brain, right side of brain compensates for loss of language in left side
  26. Self-teaching AI uses pathology images to find similar cases, diagnose rare diseases
  27. Claims AI can boost workplace diversity are ‘spurious and dangerous’, researchers argue
  28. First EU TalentOn brings science to life in competition to solve global challenges
  29. Forecasting Day Length
  30. Adults who misused alcohol as teens report dissatisfaction and poor health in midlife
  31. Exercise and obesity have opposite impact on muscle, fat tissues, researchers demonstrate
  32. French tech start-up wins EU’s new Industry of the Future Award with raw-materials prowess
  33. Misinformation about vaccine safety drives reluctance to vaccinate children, study finds

September 2022

  1. Fruitful Gifts from Busy Bees
  2. Don’t mess with the Genetic Code
  3. Texting young people about safe sex does not reduce chlamydia and gonorrhea reinfection
  4. Exposure to air pollution worsens COVID-19 outcomes, even among the fully vaccinated
  5. Adults who misused alcohol as teens report dissatisfaction and poor health in midlife
  6. Smartphones promise satisfaction and meaning, deliver only more searching, study shows
  7. Artificial intelligence reduces a 100,000-equation quantum physics problem to just four equations
  8. Water Stress
  9. Setchain, the application that multiplies by a thousand the number of transactions per minute in any blockchain
  10. Advanced Photon Source helps illuminate the journey of a 4 billion-year-old asteroid
  11. Extra flavour and fraud prevention on the menu for Europe’s beer and wine industries
  12. Children exposed to natural disasters in the womb have higher rates of developmental psychopathology
  13. People who are ‘night owls’ could have greater risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease
  14. Simple, inexpensive surgical procedure for diabetic foot ulcers greatly reduces healing time, amputation rates
  15. National poll: 2 in 3 parents say their child is self-conscious about their appearance
  16. Not creepy at all: Three new species of ground snakes discovered under graveyards, churches in Ecuador
  17. Multitude of stressful events in 2020 may have harmed social development of young adults
  18. US residents of Mexican descent may have a higher risk of liver cancer with each successive generation
  19. Typical behavior at large events increases risk of spreading infectious diseases
  20. Scientists say the best way to soothe a crying infant is by carrying them on a 5-minute walk
  21. Store-bought milkweed plants can expose monarch caterpillars to harmful pesticides
  22. Study Shows Alcohol-Involved Suicide Deaths Increased More Among Women Compared to Men
  23. Competition with China a ‘driving force’ for clean energy funding in the 21st century
  24. Prenatal cannabis exposure associated with mental disorders in children that persist into early adolescence
  25. Q&A: Evolution of octopus and squid brains could shed light on origins of intelligence
  26. Who flirts to get ahead at work? Study finds it’s most often subordinate men
  27. T cell transplantation proves effective in treating brittle bone disease in mouse model
  28. Older adults with regular activity routines are happier and do better on cognitive tests, study finds
  29. Study Shows Gene Editing May Hold Promise for Reversing Effects of Adolescent Binge Drinking
  30. Out with the old blood, in with the young blood
  31. Improving body positivity during and after pregnancy could lead to healthier mothers and children
  32. New NIAAA Resource Helps Healthcare Professionals Provide Better Alcohol-Related Care
  33. Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder may be detectable years before illnesses begin
  34. Umbilical cord milking may improve health in non-vigorous term and near-term infants
  35. Mothers’ stress fluctuations while pregnant linked to negative emotions in babies
  36. J-WAFS awards $150K Solutions grant to Patrick Doyle and team for rapid removal of micropollutants from water
  37. DNA in Viking poop sheds new light on 55,000-year-old relationship between gut companions
  38. Science Poetry Friday! Bottlenose Alliance
  39. These mice grow bigger on the rainier sides of mountains. It might be a new rule of nature.

August 2022

  1. A simple way to significantly increase lifetimes of fuel cells and other devices
  2. Stronger religious beliefs linked to higher levels of sexual satisfaction, study shows
  3. Boosting duration, intensity & frequency of physical activity may lower heart failure risk
  4. 41% of teenagers can’t tell the difference between true and fake online health messages
  5. Tracing a Plague of Rabbits: Science Poetry Friday
  6. Researchers discover fossils of giant sea lizard that ruled the oceans 66 million years ago
  7. Religious practices, spirituality associated with higher levels of heart health among African Americans
  8. MIT chemists develop a wireless electronic lateral flow assay test for biosensing
  9. Mediterranean wineries are in a climate hotspot. Climatologists are helping them adapt
  10. Stranded assets could exact steep costs on fossil energy producers and investors
  11. Draining the Water Tower
  12. NIH-funded researchers develop same-day test to detect abnormal fetal chromosomes
  13. Preschoolers with larger vocabulary before they begin education, perform better in class
  14. Algorithm learns to correct 3D printing errors for different parts, materials and systems
  15. A Prevalence of Ringing
  16. Brightest stars in the night sky can strip Neptune-sized planets to their rocky cores
  17. Reluctance to discuss anal sex is letting down young women
  18. Betadine and silver colloidal gel effectively eliminates infection-causing bacteria
  19. 400 million voting records show persistent gaps in voter turnout by race, age, and political affiliation
  20. Children infected with a mild case of COVID-19 can still develop long COVID symptoms
  21. 3 Questions: Amar Gupta on an integrated approach to enhanced health-care delivery
  22. Dry lightning sparks some of the most destructive and costly wildfires in California
  23. J-PAL expands evidence-to-policy government partnerships to fight poverty worldwide
  24. New flavored nicotine gums, lozenges, and gummies rank second among nicotine products used by U.S. teens
  25. Junk Advertisements
  26. Study reverses long-held ideas about relationship among diabetes, fat and cardiovascular disease
  27. Bonobos console each other when one makes “baby-like” signals to express emotional distress
  28. Black medical students report more belonging, greater confidence in scholastic abilities in HBCU schools
  29. Men have high probability of outliving women, especially the married and degree educated
  30. The effect of dark traits such as Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy on salesperson performance
  31. Engineers repurpose 19th-century photography technique to make stretchy, color-changing films
  32. J-PAL North America launches two partnership opportunities to research social programs

July 2022

  1. Smoke in the Mountains
  2. Many older adults look beyond conventional medicine for help, but few talk to their doctors about it
  3. Hair and libido loss join fatigue and brain fog among wider list of Long Covid symptoms
  4. ‘Everything smells like a burning cigarette,’ WVU leads study of long COVID in kids
  5. Losing spouse to COVID may be worse for mental health than other causes of death
  6. Not Sickening Enough
  7. Scientists find molecular clues behind acute and chronic phases of traumatic brain injury
  8. False balance in news coverage of climate change makes it harder to address the crisis
  9. What is in E5? Harold Katcher’s patent
  10. Pollutants on the Storm
  11. New understanding of ‘superantigens’ could lead to improved staph infection treatments
  12. Astronomers develop novel way to ‘see’ the first stars through the fog of the early Universe
  13. Explained: How to tell if artificial intelligence is working the way we want it to
  14. New findings reveal how neurons build and maintain their capacity to communicate
  15. No evidence that depression is caused by low serotonin levels, finds comprehensive review
  16. “It’s going to be a very hot day…” Cambridge experts discuss the UK’s record-breaking temperatures
  17. Whether speaking Turkish or Norwegian, the brain’s language network looks the same
  18. Air pollution caused 2,780 deaths, illnesses, and IQ loss in children in Massachusetts in 2019
  19. Changing Sounds of the Blues
  20. Math genes used by fish to count may help us treat human neurodevelopmental diseases
  21. Hidden Consciousness Detected with EEG Predicts Recovery of Unresponsive Patients
  22. Whether you’re 18 or 80, lifestyle may be more important than age in determining dementia risk
  23. Long covid patients are seeking experimental ‘blood washing’ treatment abroad, investigation finds
  24. Evolve… Innovate… Repeat: Scientists Peel Back the Layers of Virus-Host Evolution and Innovation
  25. School-based mindfulness program improves school culture, reduces teacher burn out
  26. Artificial intelligence model finds potential drug molecules a thousand times faster
  27. Hurricane-resistant construction may be undervalued by billions of dollars annually
  28. Adults with blood cancers respond to booster, not initial dose of COVID-19 vaccine
  29. Next-generation data centers within reach thanks to new energy-efficient switches
  30. Unexpected link between most common cancer drivers may yield more effective drugs
  31. 500-million-year-old fossilized brains of stanleycaris prompt a rethink of the evolution of insects and spiders
  32. Rising Injustice
  33. Bees’ ‘waggle dance’ may revolutionize how robots talk to each other in disaster zones
  34. Why Does the Inside of the Solar System Not Spin Faster? An Old Mystery Has a Possible New Solution
  35. Solar-powered chemistry uses carbon dioxide and water to make feedstock for fuels, chemicals
  36. Physicists work to shrink microchips with first one-dimensional helium model system
  37. Small NIH study reveals how immune response triggered by COVID-19 may damage the brain
  38. Intensive visiting nurse program doesn’t impact birth outcomes, says ongoing study
  39. Dinosaurs took over amid ice, not warmth, says a new study of ancient mass extinction
  40. Ancient Life Off Earth
  41. How Elephants, Whales, and Financial Markets Can Help in the Fight Against Climate Change

June 2022

  1. As newspapers close, struggling communities are hit hardest by decline in local journalism
  2. Researchers pioneer a new way to detect microbial contamination in cell cultures
  3. Common antiretroviral drug Lamivudine improves cognition in mouse model of Down syndrome
  4. Highly antibiotic-resistant strain of MRSA that arose in pigs can jump to humans
  5. Light during sleep in older adults linked to obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure
  6. Microbe protects honey bees from poor nutrition, a significant cause of colony loss
  7. Rich people from humble origins are less sensitive to the challenges of poverty than those born rich, research finds
  8. Fixed vial sizes for Alzheimer’s drug could waste $605M in Medicare spending each year
  9. Lifespan of Harold Katcher’s Rats
  10. Smoky Milk
  11. Canterbury suburbs were home to some of Britain’s earliest humans, 600,000-year-old finds reveal
  12. Is there a master timekeeper, upstream of the methylation clock?
  13. Artificial Rhythms
  14. Groundbreaking study shows major differences in brain structure in people with anorexia
  15. Older adults more likely to have multiple health ailments than prior generations
  16. Invasive Singing
  17. One in 500 men carry extra sex chromosome, putting them at higher risk of several common diseases
  18. Artificial intelligence reveals a never-before described 3D structure in rotavirus spike protein
  19. High optimism linked with longer life and living past 90 in women across racial, ethnic groups
  20. Social isolation may impact brain volume in regions linked to higher risk of dementia
  21. Altered gene helps plants absorb more carbon dioxide, produce more useful compounds
  22. American Astronomical Society honors seven MIT affiliates with 2022 awards, prizes
  23. Study finds natural sources of air pollution exceed air quality guidelines in many regions
  24. Immature Vapers
  25. Children who attend schools with more traffic noise show slower cognitive development
  26. Novel air-conditioning technology: Artificial muscles deliver sustainable cooling
  27. Gratitude Expressions Between Co-Workers Improve Cardiovascular Responses to Stress
  28. I recommend this book for every life extensionist
  29. SMART researchers enable early-stage detection of microbial contamination in cell therapy

May 2022

  1. All physicians should know the benefits of plant-based diets for these six health conditions
  2. Diverse Bumbling
  3. Models predict that planned phosphorus reductions will make Lake Erie more toxic
  4. Smart, dissolving pacemaker communicates with body-area sensor and control network
  5. Seven healthy habits linked to lower risk of dementia in those with genetic risk
  6. More Young People Begin Recreational Cannabis Use Illegally in States that Legalize It
  7. Astrophysics student finds link between global warming and locally unstable weather
  8. Medicare program spent $1.8 billion in 2019 on drugs without confirmed clinical benefits
  9. Deaf children with learning delays benefit from cochlear implants more than hearing aids
  10. Cutting TV time to less than an hour a day could help prevent 10% of coronary heart disease
  11. MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium announces recipients of inaugural MCSC Seed Awards
  12. Supernovae in the Stones
  13. People eat the equivalent of three McDonald’s cheeseburgers a day in hidden calories
  14. Cancer death rates among Black people declined over time, but remain higher than other groups
  15. Trained sniffer dogs accurately detect airport passengers infected with SARS-CoV-2
  16. Energy storage important to creating affordable, reliable, deeply decarbonized electricity systems
  17. Death in the Shipping Lanes
  18. Algae-powered computing: scientists create reliable and renewable biological photovoltaic cell
  19. MIT students and postdocs advocate for increased federal support of scientific research on Capitol Hill
  20. Artificial intelligence agents argue to enhance the speed of materials discovery
  21. Life after death for human eye: Scientists revive light-sensing cells in organ donor eyes
  22. SLAC’s superconducting X-ray laser reaches operating temperature colder than outer space
  23. MIT expands research collaboration with Commonwealth Fusion Systems to build net energy fusion machine, SPARC
  24. Obesity soars among low-income US children and teenagers during early COVID-19 pandemic
  25. Unhealthy Debts
  26. ‘Stressed’ cells offer clues to eliminating build-up of toxic proteins in dementia
  27. Cutting calories and eating at the right time of day leads to longer life in mice
  28. Building a better quantum bit: New qubit breakthrough could transform quantum computing
  29. New study links gut microbiota strains with more severe strokes and poorer post-stroke recovery
  30. Hidden benefit: Facemasks may reduce severity of COVID-19, pressure on health systems
  31. Indigenous peoples have shucked billions of oysters around the world sustainably
  32. Face shape influences mask fit, suggests problems with double masking against COVID-19
  33. Study of Promising Alzheimer’s Marker in Blood Prompts Warning About Brain-Boosting Supplements
  34. Artificial intelligence system learns concepts shared across video, audio, and text
  35. Research exposes long-term failure of Russian propaganda in Ukraine’s Donbas region
  36. Reducing sedentary time mitigates the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases
  37. Kids with vegetarian diets have similar growth, nutrition compared to children who eat meat
  38. ‘Eye-Catching’ Smartphone App Could Make It Easy To Screen for Neurological Disease at Home

April 2022

  1. Dead Red Tides
  2. Recycling not enough: Scientists call for cap on production to end plastic pollution
  3. Engineers use artificial intelligence to capture the complexity of breaking waves
  4. Why This Plant Virus is So Powerful at Fighting Cancer
  5. Scientists model landscape formation on Titan, revealing an Earth-like alien world
  6. Three-treatment combo may cut cancer risk by 61% among 70+
  7. Five MIT PhD students awarded 2022 J-WAFS fellowships for water and food solutions
  8. Blind in the Mind
  9. At Climate Grand Challenges showcase event, an exploration of how to accelerate breakthrough solutions
  10. Indiana Jones was right all along: Research shows the smaller the scorpion, the deadlier
  11. MIT scientists develop low-cost, high-precision fabrication method for thin mirrors and silicon wafers
  12. Witnessing parental domestic violence in childhood linked to mental illness in adulthood
  13. Girls Excel in Language Arts Early, Which May Explain the STEM Gender Gap in Adults
  14. The Decline of Animal Rights
  15. Chlorinated water supplies don’t disturb healthy gut microbiomes in young children
  16. Bank of Canada and Multiverse Computing complete preliminary quantum simulation of cryptocurrency market
  17. Black Rhino extinction risk sharply increased by killing of specific female rhinos
  18. Developing electricity-powered, low-emissions alternatives to carbon-intensive industrial processes
  19. High energy use provides little benefit for health and well-being in richer nations
  20. Women in England had predominantly negative experiences of childbirth during pandemic in 2020
  21. ‘Threatening’ faces and beefy bodies do not bias criminal suspect identification, study finds
  22. MIT announces five flagship projects in first-ever Climate Grand Challenges competition
  23. Economic sanctions in Russia risk breaking international law if they lead to global food shortages
  24. Sustainable Fruit
  25. MIT welcomes two from the Heising-Simons Foundation 51 Pegasi b Fellowship for 2022
  26. Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on using data and science to forecast climate-related risk
  27. Not all dietary fiber created equal: cereal but not fruit or vegetable fibers help inflammation
  28. ‘Robot scientist’ Eve finds that less than one third of scientific results are reproducible
  29. Brain charts map the rapid growth and slow decline of the human brain over our lifetime
  30. Adults living with gun owners significantly more likely to die by homicide, especially if they are female
  31. System helps severely motor-impaired individuals type more quickly and accurately
  32. Monkeys routinely consume fruit containing alcohol, shedding light on our own taste for booze
  33. Deadly Diets

March 2022

  1. GlyNAC improves biomarkers in humans and extends lifespan in rodents
  2. Scans show weakened connections in brains of adolescents at risk of bipolar disorder
  3. Stroke treatments safe and effective for people with existing disability or dementia
  4. Red-backed salamanders possess only limited ability to adjust to warming climate
  5. Amygdala overgrowth that occurs in autism spectrum disorder may begin during infancy
  6. Greening Healthcare
  7. Vagus nerve stimulation lowers costs of care for children with uncontrolled epilepsy
  8. How fingers could point to a link between low testosterone and Covid hospitalizations
  9. Research: Putin’s power is wielded through a network of repressive social controls
  10. Scientists develop the largest, most detailed model of the early universe to date
  11. Study: With masking and distancing in place, NFL stadium openings in 2020 had no impact on local Covid-19 infections
  12. Why is the use of hypersonic missiles in the Russia-Ukraine conflict significant?
  13. Colours of Distant Life
  14. Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on accelerating reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions
  15. Physicists find direct evidence of strong electron correlation in a 2D material for the first time
  16. Scientists tap AI betting agents to help solve research reproducibility concerns
  17. Memory and concentration problems are common in long COVID and must not be ignored
  18. Discovery of novel brain fear mechanisms offers target for anxiety-reducing drugs
  19. New Clinical Research Will Test Brain’s Ability to Adapt to Advanced Bionic Limbs
  20. Scientists estimate invasive insects will kill 1.4 million US street trees by 2050
  21. Ancient example of modern global warming was too hot for tiny, important ocean creatures
  22. Avian secret: The key to agile bird flight is switching quickly between stable and unstable gliding
  23. 196 lasers help scientists recreate the conditions inside gigantic galaxy clusters
  24. Some of the world’s lowest dementia rates are found in Amazonian indigenous groups
  25. Subsurface ocean mixing near the equator significantly affects climate understanding, predictability
  26. How will termination of research partnerships with Russia affect global scientific research?
  27. Dementia patients struggle to cope with change because of damage to general intelligence brain networks
  28. NIAAA to Host Webinar on Reducing Stigma Around Alcohol Use Disorder in Minority Communities
  29. Optimism may promote emotional well-being by limiting how often one experiences stressful situations
  30. Workers returning to the office soon become more optimistic about COVID-19 safety
  31. Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on building equity and fairness into climate solutions
  32. Greater greenhouse gas reductions for pickup truck electrification than for other light-duty vehicles
  33. Can we trust methylation clocks?
  34. Changes in air pollution linked with dry spells in Asia and summer heatwaves in Europe
  35. Exercise reduces clotting risk in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

February 2022

  1. ‘Fingerprinting’ minerals to better understand how they are affected by meteorite collisions
  2. Basking No More
  3. Microscopic view on asteroid collisions could help us understand planet formation
  4. Artificial intelligence tutoring outperforms expert instructors in neurosurgical training
  5. Brains of cosmonauts get ‘rewired’ to adapt to long-term space missions, study finds
  6. ‘Super pest’ Colorado potato beetle has the genetic resources to sidestep our attacks
  7. Observations from space help scientists get one step ahead of the tiny but deadly mosquito
  8. Credit card-sized device focuses terahertz energy to generate high-resolution images
  9. Words Matter When Discussing Alcohol Issues: A New Stigma-Free Vocabulary for Better AUD Outcomes
  10. Deadly Nails
  11. American Heart Month—Another Opportunity To Examine Your Relationship With Alcohol
  12. City trees and soil are sucking more carbon out of the atmosphere than previously thought
  13. New map and report expose growing dangers along whale ‘superhighways’ across the globe
  14. Study reveals high rate of possible undiagnosed autism in people who died by suicide
  15. Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and EU Mission on Cancer add real momentum to tackle the entire disease pathway
  16. Psilocybin treatment for major depression effective for up to a year for most patients
  17. What’s inside a black hole? Physicist uses quantum computing, machine learning to find out
  18. Love and Longevity
  19. Likely Link Between Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Age-Dependent Cognitive Disorders
  20. Understanding how your romantic partner sees your emotions may help couples cope with conflict
  21. Lingering Smoke
  22. Chemical history of the Milky Way revealed by new catalog of tens of millions of stars
  23. Graphic novels can accelerate critical thinking, capture nuance and complexity of history
  24. Beach bots, sea ‘raptors’ and marine toolsets mobilised to get rid of marine litter
  25. What happens when rain hits a hypersonic missile?
  26. Low-carbon cement tested at Oregon State approved for California highway projects
  27. Study in mice shows potential for gene-editing to tackle mitochondrial disorders
  28. The Ancient Resilience of Trees
  29. The brain’s secret to life-long learning can now come as hardware for artificial intelligence
  30. MIT experts test technical research for a hypothetical central bank digital currency
  31. Ten percent of Americans believe violent protest against government justified right now
  32. Suicides by drug overdose increased among young people, elderly people, and Black women
  33. Currently there’s no cure for rare types of cystic fibrosis, but researchers are making significant advances

January 2022

  1. Microbes help hibernating animals recycle nutrients, maintain muscle through winter
  2. Plastic Snow
  3. New Drug Screening Method Answers Why Alzheimer’s Drugs Fail, Suggests New Targets
  4. Quest to uncover the origins of horse taming is rewriting our picture of the past
  5. Men who worry more may develop heart disease and diabetes risk factors at younger ages
  6. Study shows that increased voting by mail does not reduce the security of U.S. elections
  7. Lighted Nets Dramatically Reduce Bycatch of Sharks, Other Wildlife While Making Fishing More Efficient
  8. Using ice to boil water: Researcher makes heat transfer discovery that expands on 18th century principle
  9. Fastest DNA sequencing technique helps undiagnosed patients find answers in mere hours
  10. Breaking Novel Boundaries
  11. Lockdowns during early pandemic saved lives, but not a go-to strategy moving forward
  12. Haunted-House Experience Scares Up Interesting Insights on the Body’s Reaction to Threats
  13. Placebo effect accounts for more than two-thirds of COVID-19 vaccine adverse events
  14. Applying science to the question of how best to support working adults without college degrees
  15. Streaks from SpaceX’s Starlink satellites show up on growing number of astronomy images
  16. Uneven Water
  17. Computer model seeks to explain the spread of misinformation, and suggest counter measures
  18. Tomato concentrate could help reduce chronic intestinal inflammation associated with HIV
  19. Treatment with injections of zika virus destroys brain tumors in mice without causing neurological damage
  20. USC team shows how memories are stored in the brain, with potential impact on conditions like PTSD
  21. How a potent antifibrotic peptide works and why it could reverse scarring in multiple organs
  22. Think different – sometimes: Teams succeed when they adjust their cognitive diversity
  23. Boosting one gene in the brain’s helper cells slows Alzheimer’s progression in mice
  24. Method for delivering immune system-stimulating drugs may enhance cancer immunotherapy
  25. Experience of Violence
  26. Southern California mountain lions show first reproductive effects of inbreeding
  27. COVID-19 vaccination associated with a small, temporary increase in menstrual cycle length
  28. Innovative approach brings cell-reprograming therapy for heart failure closer to reality
  29. Omicron Origins—Omicron Optimism
  30. Engineered nanomaterial captures off-target cancer drug to prevent tissue damage
  31. Timing of Brain Injury in Pregnancy, Birth May Impact Motor and Language Outcomes
  32. Expect smarter apps, quantum leaps, deeper space exploration, nanovaccines and more in 2022
  33. U.S.-born black women at higher risk of preeclampsia than foreign-born counterparts
  34. Gene involved in sense of smell could play a role in the spread of breast cancer to the brain
  35. Research finds way to scrub carbon dioxide from factory emissions, make useful products

2021 497

December 2021

  1. Scratched into the Past
  2. With ‘Test-to-Stay,’ Children and Staff Can Safely Remain in School After COVID Exposures
  3. ‘Never seen anything as effective’ – the not-so-new-drug repurposed for a rare disease
  4. Window to access legal abortion may close before many women know they are pregnant
  5. Serious hearing loss declines among older American females between 2008 and 2017
  6. A common risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease may predispose carriers to severe COVID-19
  7. ‘Battle of the sexes’ begins in womb as father and mother’s genes tussle over nutrition
  8. Magnetic Tides
  9. Controlled burning of natural environments could help offset our carbon emissions
  10. Dietary fiber improves outcomes for melanoma patients on immunotherapy, research shows
  11. Clues to treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder found in recently evolved region of the ‘dark genome’
  12. Rare dinosaur embryo exquisitely preserved inside the egg suggests bird-like pre-hatching posture
  13. Series of preclinical studies supports the Army’s pan-coronavirus vaccine development strategy
  14. Arriving in mainland Malaysia, banana Blood disease now poised to spread throughout Southeast Asia
  15. Close as a Clam
  16. Immune senescence, Christian theology, and the Spike protein
  17. Shark antibody-like proteins neutralize COVID-19 virus, help prepare for future coronaviruses
  18. Scientists urge creating strategic forest reserves to mitigate climate change, protect biodiversity
  19. Menus need to be at least 75% vegetarian for meat eaters to choose plant-based food
  20. Super-bright stellar explosion is likely a dying star giving birth to a black hole or neutron star
  21. Computer-, smartphone-based treatments effective at reducing symptoms of depression
  22. US Navy Head of Research: “If we lose this decade … I don’t think we can make up lost ground”
  23. Lighter Migration
  24. Use of generic heart meds in Medicare Part D could save more than $600 million a year
  25. Common drugs affect our gut microbiome differently, with good and bad impacts on health
  26. Melting glaciers could produce 1,000s of kilometers of new Pacific salmon habitat by 2100
  27. Ancient DNA found in soil samples reveals mammoths, Yukon wild horses survived thousands of years longer than believed
  28. In an Age of Disinformation, How Can Scientists Be Heard?
  29. Long-range four-stranded DNA structures found to play a role in rare aging disease
  30. Like a natural system, democracy faces collapse as polarization leads to loss of diversity
  31. Young people recover quickly from rare myocarditis side effect of COVID-19 vaccine
  32. AI could help doctors make the best use of ICU beds during the COVID-19 pandemic
  33. Brain Drain: Scientists Explain Why Neurons Consume So Much Fuel Even When at Rest
  34. Spending revenues on climate projects maximises social acceptability of carbon taxes
  35. In developing countries, no quick fix for strengthening police–civilian relations
  36. Follow the Ghostbusters: Crossing the Beams Brings Deeper Images Beneath the Skin
  37. Water Falling Still
  38. Interactive tool helps you decide how to protect yourself and others from COVID-19
  39. One-third of first-year university students have moderate to severe depression/anxiety
  40. Mystery solved: Footprints from site a at Laetoli, Tanzania, are from early humans, not bears

November 2021

  1. Yale study: Unvaccinated white evangelicals appear immune to pro-vaccine messaging
  2. ‘Transformational’ approach to machine learning could accelerate search for new disease treatments
  3. People with higher rates of anxiety, depression — not loneliness — more likely to use ‘sextech’
  4. New cancer therapy holds potential to switch off major cancer types without side effects
  5. Collaboration could enable cancer patients to get faster and more personalised treatment
  6. Timber or steel? Study helps builders reduce carbon footprint of truss structures
  7. Shattered Magnetism
  8. Big data breakthrough: Managing blood pressure after injury helps some paralyzed regain function
  9. Only Alcohol – Not Caffeine, Diet or Lack of Sleep – Might Trigger Heart Rhythm Condition
  10. The Need for Transparency and Interpretability at the Intersection of AI and Criminal Justice
  11. Magellanic Stream arcing over Milky Way may be five times closer than previously thought
  12. Physical activity may improve Alzheimer’s outcomes by lowering brain inflammation
  13. Poor sleep linked to feeling older and worse outlook on ageing, which can impact health
  14. Ever was it thus? 4 in 5 parents say children today aren’t as thankful as they should be
  15. Justinianic Plague was nothing like flu and may have hit England before Constantinople
  16. Private equity ownership of nursing homes linked to lower quality of care, higher Medicare costs
  17. Phages kill dystentery-causing bacteria and reduce virulence in surviving bacteria
  18. Monkeys, guinea pigs and native English speakers have very similar brain responses to speech sounds
  19. Plant-derived antiviral drug is effective in blocking highly infectious SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant
  20. A Winter of Extinction
  21. Gabon is the largest stronghold for critically endangered African forest elephants
  22. Live long and prosper: Study examines genetic gems in Galápagos giant tortoise genomes
  23. May be worth adopting plant based diet to ease chronic migraine severity, say doctors
  24. Global rise in red/processed meat trade linked to sharp increase in diet-related illness
  25. Groundwater in California’s Central Valley may be unable to recover from past and future droughts
  26. Chronic stress and depression boost this brain receptor; a new study maps out how to block it
  27. Bubbling up: Previously hidden environmental impact of bursting bubbles exposed in new study
  28. Turning Up the Heat: Thermal Energy Storage Could Play Major Role in Decarbonizing Buildings
  29. Persistent, distressing psychotic-like experiences associated with impairment in youth
  30. Simple, synthetic structure that mimics surface of SARS-CoV-2 mounts robust immune response in mice
  31. Experts Unpack the Space Debris Challenge Just Before an “Irresponsible” Russian Missile Launch
  32. Fasting-mimicking Diet Is Safe, May Modulate Metabolism and Boost Antitumor Immunity in Cancer Patients
  33. How diet alters immune system function through a gut microbe
  34. Ever been lost in the grocery store? Researchers are closer to knowing why it happens
  35. Stability is the new sexy: ‘Singles in America’ Kinsey study reveals major shifts in dating from COVID-19
  36. Scientists identify second HIV patient whose body appears to have rid itself of the virus
  37. Study adds evidence that altered fat metabolism, enzyme, plays key role in Lou Gehrig’s disease
  38. Air filter significantly reduces presence of airborne SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 wards
  39. Researchers target a mouse’s own cells, rather than using antibiotics, to treat pneumonia
  40. Newly developed compound may enable sustainable, cost-effective, large-scale energy storage
  41. Penicillin significantly reduces rheumatic heart disease progression in children
  42. Researchers find benefits and drawbacks to two-step surgical approach for “leaky heart valves”
  43. Europe is finding its hidden treasures to build its green, digital and climate-neutral economy
  44. Fading Transmissions
  45. The challenge of forest restoration: where to obtain tens of billions of quality seeds
  46. PFAS exposure, high-fat diet drive prostate cells’ metabolism into pro-cancer state
  47. Climate change will destroy familiar environments, create new ones and undermine efforts to protect sea life
  48. 25 years of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions: promoting excellence in researcher mobility
  49. Methane’s Short Lifespan Presents Golden Opportunity to Quickly Address Climate Change
  50. Very preterm born adults score their relationships with family and colleagues highly, but not with friends
  51. Off-world colony simulation reveals changes in human communication over time with Earth
  52. A “new” account of the double helix? Nah.
  53. Climate: Enormous cost of relocating single US town a stark example for whole world
  54. Tiny grains, severe damage: Hypervelocity dust impacts on a spacecraft produce plasma explosions and debris clouds
  55. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions: supporting Europe’s best and brightest researchers for 25 years
  56. Shifting Sounds in Spring
  57. Why is it wrong to sell your body? Understanding liberals’ vs conservatives’ moral objections to bodily markets
  58. Poor health threatens voting in older age. Absentee and early voting can help maintain turnout.
  59. As-needed pesticide use brings wild bees, increases watermelon yield without reducing corn profits
  60. Ecosystems worldwide are disrupted by lack of large wild herbivores – except in Africa
  61. Vast patches of glassy rock in Chilean desert likely created by ancient exploding comet
  62. Adolescents’ Recreational Screen Time Doubled During Pandemic, Affecting Mental Health

October 2021

  1. Shadow Losses
  2. Brain monitoring suggests common link between electrical tremors and mental health disorders
  3. Living descendant of Sitting Bull confirmed by analysis of DNA from the legendary leader’s hair
  4. Cat’s meow: Robotic pet boosts mood, behavior and cognition in adults with dementia
  5. Leaky gas lines are tip of the iceberg: Cities undercounting greenhouse gas emissions
  6. Publication of 500-year-old manuscript exposes medieval beliefs and religious cults
  7. Bullying, sexual harassment and physical assault of women is widespread in UK military
  8. Solid, liquid, or gas? Technique quickly identifies physical state of tissues and tumors
  9. Knots in Time
  10. How Cutting Methane Emissions Could “Start Putting the Brakes” on Damages from Climate Change
  11. ‘Raptor-like’ dinosaur discovered in Australian mine, actually uncovered as a timid vegetarian
  12. Fat cells found to play a central role in cognitive decline and neurodegeneration
  13. Astronomers detect signs of an atmosphere stripped from a planet during giant impact
  14. ‘Kids thrive on consistency.’ Get your kids ages 5-11 vaccinated once approved, experts say
  15. Researchers ID brain circuitry in rats tied to negative emotional aspects of pain
  16. Europeans want climate action but show little appetite for radical lifestyle change – new polling
  17. Cambridge scientists announce results that boost evidence for new fundamental physics
  18. Interrupting a high-fat, high-calorie diet with a fasting-mimicking diet helps mice live a longer life
  19. For 50 years, mass incarceration has hurt American families; here’s how to change it
  20. Aided by stem cells, a lizard regenerates a perfect tail for the first time in 250 million years
  21. Oxytocin does not improve social functioning in children with autism spectrum disorder, NIH-funded study suggests
  22. Popular theory of Native American origins debunked by genetics and skeletal biology
  23. Study suggests ground-dwelling mammals survived mass extinction 66 million years ago
  24. Maria Zuber testifies before Congress on striking the right balance between research security and openness
  25. Dragons Across the Ocean
  26. More than 140,000 U.S. children lost a primary or secondary caregiver due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  27. Encourage wealthy and well-connected to use their influence to tackle climate change
  28. Crayfish and carp among the invasive species pushing lakes towards ecosystem collapse
  29. NIH researchers link depression during pregnancy to placental gene modifications
  30. 3 Questions: Kalyan Veeramachaneni on hurdles preventing fully automated machine learning
  31. Ketone supplement might be a novel therapeutic for boosting brain function in obesity
  32. Newly Approved Prostate Cancer Scan Can Detect Cells that Have Spread to Lymph Nodes
  33. 1 in 3 Americans might consider abolishing or limiting Supreme Court, Annenberg survey finds
  34. Threatened rattlesnakes’ inbreeding makes species more resistant to bad mutations
  35. An Ancient Burst of Salty Air

September 2021

  1. Zaki syndrome: Researchers Discover Unknown Childhood Genetic Condition and its Potential Cure
  2. Life expectancy in U.S. lags Europe while gap between white and Black Americans has been cut in half, study finds
  3. Living Retina Achieves Sensitivity and Efficiency Engineers Can Only Dream About
  4. Zeroing in on the origins of Earth’s “single most important evolutionary innovation”
  5. Using the microbiome to promote muscle growth in muscle loss conditions such as ageing and cancer
  6. Finger tracing enhances learning: Evidence for 100-year-old practice used by Montessori
  7. Thinning moderates forest fire behavior even without prescribed burns – for a while
  8. Building on the Past
  9. If Endangered Primates Disappear, So Will Their Parasites. That’s Actually a Problem
  10. Infection hinders blood vessel repair following traumatic brain or cerebrovascular injuries
  11. Poorly Circulated Room Air Raises Potential Exposure to Contaminants by up to 6x
  12. Study: Global cancer risk from burning organic matter comes from unregulated chemicals
  13. How the pandemic has triggered a cycle of mental health struggles and physical inactivity
  14. Extreme volcanism did not cause the massive extinction of species in the late Cretaceous
  15. Former coalmining communities have less faith in politics than other ‘left behind’ areas
  16. Dirty Light
  17. How to Catch a Perfect Wave: Scientists Take a Closer Look Inside the Perfect Fluid
  18. Antibodies from original strain COVID-19 infection don’t bind to variants, study finds
  19. 3 Questions: Daniel Cohn on the benefits of high-efficiency, flexible-fuel engines for heavy-duty trucking
  20. Taking lessons from a sea slug, study points to better hardware for artificial intelligence
  21. Utilitarian approach to global climate policy improves equity, environment and wellbeing
  22. The Storms of our Past
  23. Linking US prescription drug prices to those paid in other nations could cut costs in half
  24. Alcohol and Marijuana Use and Motivations Among Young Adults During the Pandemic
  25. As Male and Female Drinking Patterns Become More Similar, Adverse Alcohol Risks for Women Become More Apparent
  26. NIAAA Helps Healthcare Professionals Provide Better Care for Patients Who Drink Too Much
  27. Gut bacteria accumulate many common medications and may reduce their effectiveness
  28. Mining waste could be used as an ingredient for cheaper hydrogen fuel production
  29. For Struggling Older Adults, Support from Paid Peers May Alleviate Loneliness, Depression
  30. Infants link language and cognition, whether the language is spoken or a sign language
  31. Spread of Delta SARS-CoV-2 variant driven by combination of immune escape and increased infectivity
  32. A New Approach to Methylation Clocks
  33. Rare Earth Water
  34. Playing a VR game during medical procedures can reduce pain and anxiety in children
  35. Sharpness-enabling materials help insects with small muscles puncture tough skin
  36. Kids and cannabis: California dispensaries lack adequate screening to keep out minors, study finds
  37. Less salt, more protein: Researchers address dairy processing’s environmental, sustainability issues
  38. In a common genetic disorder, blood test reveals when benign tumors turn cancerous
  39. Comparing seniors who relocate long-distance shows where you live affects your longevity

August 2021

  1. Patients with Covid Delta more likely to be hospitalized than patients with Alpha
  2. Shoelaces made from muscle? Synthetic biology enables microbes to build synthetic muscle
  3. Eating walnuts daily lowered bad cholesterol and may reduce cardiovascular disease risk
  4. The Urbanisation of Birds
  5. Eating for hunger or pleasure? This is how the brain handles these feeding behaviors
  6. New class of habitable exoplanets represent a big step forward in the search for life
  7. Out with air conditioners, in with chilled water – how Europe could slash its cooling footprint
  8. T. rex’s jaw had sensors to make it an even more fearsome predator
  9. Hospital-acquired COVID-19 tends to be picked up from other patients, not from healthcare workers
  10. Social media messages from health care workers help reduce travel-related Covid-19 spread
  11. Young age, housing insecurity primary factors in vaccine hesitancy among African Americans
  12. Gut bacteria and flavonoid-rich foods are linked and improve blood pressure levels
  13. Statistical Fraud in the FDA Vaccine Approval Process
  14. Beyond the Beeline
  15. This Exotic Particle Had an Out-of-Body Experience; These Scientists Took a Picture of It
  16. Limiting Personal Information of Job Candidates Can Lead to More Fair Hiring Practices
  17. 23rd SpaceX commercial resupply mission launches bone, plant, and materials studies to International Space Station
  18. Pollinators: first global risk index for species declines and effects on humanity
  19. Babies are calorie-burning machines
  20. Analysis Can Predict Individual Differences In Cardiovascular Responses To Altered Gravity
  21. Is your mobile provider tracking your location? This new technology could stop it
  22. Artificial Weather
  23. Ultrasound Remotely Triggers Immune Cells to Attack Tumors in Mice Without Toxic Side Effects
  24. Research shows flocking birds, schooling fish, other collective movements can stabilize ecosystems
  25. Covid-19 booster jab in the autumn should offer better protection against variants of concern
  26. Letter to my readers
  27. New braking systems and satellite navigation to help more trains run on Europe’s tracks
  28. Exact symbolic artificial intelligence for faster, better assessment of AI fairness
  29. Certain social, environmental factors found to increase a community’s COVID-19 risk
  30. Observatory in Chile Takes Highest-Resolution Measurements of Asteroid Surface Temperatures Ever Obtained from Earth
  31. Volcanic Seas
  32. Lab-grown beating heart cells identify potential drug to prevent COVID-19-related heart damage
  33. Artificial pancreas trialled for outpatients with type 2 diabetes for first time
  34. MIT and Ericsson enter collaboration agreements to research the next generation of mobile networks
  35. Towards next-gen computers: Mimicking brain functions with graphene-diamond junctions
  36. Review finds keto diet ups heart risks, cancer risk, dangers to pregnant women and kidney patients
  37. How artificial neural networks help us understand neural networks in the human brain
  38. Cutting 250 calories daily and exercising may improve heart health in obese older adults

July 2021

  1. The Forests are Dying
  2. Obesity and Cardiovascular Factors Combine to Cause Cognitive Decline in Latinos
  3. Dark mode may not save your phone’s battery life as much as you think, but there are a few silver linings
  4. Understanding past climate change ‘tipping points’ can help us prepare for the future
  5. Scientists uncover how decisions about what we see are relayed back through the brain
  6. Brain’s “memory center” is needed to recognize image sequences, but not single sights
  7. Extreme heat, dry summers main cause of tree death in Colorado’s subalpine forests
  8. Residual Snakes
  9. Investigational magnetic device shrinks glioblastoma in first-in-world human test
  10. Gaming graphics card allows faster, more precise control of fusion energy experiments
  11. New Organ-On-A-Chip Finds Crucial Interaction Between Blood, Ovarian Cancer Tumors
  12. Scientists discover gene therapy provides neuroprotection to prevent glaucoma vision loss
  13. Researchers automate brain MRI image labelling, more than 100,000 exams can be labelled in less than 30 minutes
  14. COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates for Employees and Students are Effective Tool Against Virus Spread
  15. City-funded housing repairs in low-income neighborhoods associated with drop in crime
  16. Long-Term Prognosis for Some Patients With Severe Brain Injury Better Than Expected
  17. More than 1.5 million children have lost a primary or secondary caregiver due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  18. Analysis Shows Enzyme-Based Plastics Recycling Is More Energy Efficient, Better for Environment
  19. Removal of barred owls slows decline of iconic spotted owls in Pacific Northwest
  20. ER-administered, high-dose buprenorphine may enhance opioid use disorder treatment outcomes
  21. More than two hours of daily screen time linked to cognitive, behavioral problems in children born extremely preterm
  22. Stabilising Cockatoos
  23. Engineers find imaging technique could become treatment for deep vein thrombosis
  24. Combining low-dose radiotherapy with immunotherapy eradicates metastatic cancer in mice
  25. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Invites Input on 2022-2026 Strategic Plan Outline
  26. Species of gut bacteria linked to enhanced cognition and language skills in infant boys
  27. What you say in the first minute after a vaccine can be key in reducing a child’s distress
  28. A plant-based diet combined with a healthy microbiome may protect against multiple sclerosis
  29. Roadless forests see more blazes and greater severity, but fire resilience is the result
  30. Calling All Couch Potatoes: This Finger Wrap Can Let You Power Electronics While You Sleep
  31. New technique reduces nicotine levels, harmful compounds simultaneously in tobacco
  32. Stem Cell study points to a common ancestor for cells involved in hearing and touch
  33. Even slightly elevated levels of air pollution correlate with higher Alzheimer’s deaths, hospitalizations
  34. You Can Snuggle Wolf Pups All You Want, They Still Won’t ‘Get’ You Quite Like Your Dog
  35. Sertac Karaman named director of the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
  36. Technology that restores the sense of touch in damaged nerves
  37. Resistance to last-resort antibiotic may be passing between pet dogs and their owners
  38. Delisted Wolves
  39. Cell structure previously associated with disease actually improves brain function
  40. All the lonely people: The impact of loneliness in old age on life and health expectancy
  41. US saw surge in firearm purchases and violence during first months of COVID-19 pandemic
  42. Not enough women and minorities apply for a job? Change the recruitment committee
  43. Book contends that local newspapers bear brunt of news media’s increasing elitism
  44. Are you a facial super-recognizer?
  45. Self-powered implantable device stimulates fast bone healing, then disappears without a trace
  46. Hunting and hidden deaths led to estimated 30% reduction in Wisconsin’s wolf population
  47. Dulled in Flames
  48. Study: Nearly 10 percent of high school students experienced homelessness in Spring 2019
  49. Physicists observationally confirm Hawking’s black hole theorem for the first time

June 2021

  1. Sweat-proof “smart skin” takes reliable vitals, even during workouts and spicy meals
  2. Scientists detect gravitational waves for the first time from black holes swallowing neutron stars
  3. LIGO and Virgo detect rare mergers of black holes with neutron stars for the first time
  4. Life achievements linked to sustained recovery in nationally representative survey
  5. Researchers engineer cells to destroy malignant tumor cells but leave the rest alone
  6. People with high-deductible health plans less likely to seek ER treatment for chest pain
  7. National Poll: 1 in 4 parents worry that their child is behind in developmental milestones
  8. More bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics – here’s how viruses and vaccines could help
  9. Differences in human, mouse brain cells have important implications for disease research
  10. Pentagon Statement on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Assessment (With Link to Report)
  11. Science Poetry Friday: Majestic Migration
  12. COVID-19 brought bigger drop in average American lifespan than previously thought
  13. Light-harvesting nanoparticle catalysts show promise in quest for renewable carbon-based fuels
  14. Cities that connect people and nature are a post-pandemic priority, conference hears
  15. Caloric Restriction Alters Microbiome, Enhancing Weight Loss but Increasing Pathogenic Bacteria
  16. NIH scientists describe ‘multi-kingdom dialogue’ between internal, external microbiota
  17. An unexpected discovery: Inflammatory proteins may slow cognitive decline in aging adults
  18. Review shows minimal high-quality evidence dietary supplements lead to weight loss
  19. Midwest bumble bees declined with more farmed land, less diverse crops since 1870
  20. One-third of Americans use gray market caregivers to aid the elderly, those with dementia
  21. Men who perceive their marriage as unsuccessful are at high risk for premature death
  22. Mushroom growing out of fossilized ant reveals new genus and species of fungal parasite
  23. Covid-19 hastened the digital shift with consequences for the ‘data divide’, wellbeing
  24. Smaller bodies, longer wings, earlier migrations: Untangling the multiple impacts of climate warming on birds
  25. Clickbait headlines might not lure readers very much (you won’t believe what it does to AI!)
  26. Mutation in Highly Infectious Alpha Variant May Help Coronavirus Evade Immune System
  27. Tracking anti-science views via social media could help shape public health strategies
  28. Repairing altered novel brain circuit could tackle coinciding obesity and depression
  29. Snail Survivors
  30. Is aging inevitable?
  31. Soaking up the sun: Artificial photosynthesis promises clean, sustainable source of energy
  32. Snails carrying the world’s smallest computer help solve mass extinction survivor mystery
  33. First-of-its-Kind Study Finds Lightning Impacts Edge of Space in Ways not Previously Observed
  34. Newly revealed potential treatment target for Alzheimer’s could help with late-stage disease
  35. VELION focused ion beam scanning electron microscope expands MIT.nano capabilities
  36. Ibuprofen and other NSAIDs superior to codeine for managing outpatient postoperative pain
  37. Rotifers on Ice
  38. Study identifies how COVID-19 linked to Alzheimer’s disease-like cognitive impairment
  39. Forget me not: Novel target shows promise in treating Alzheimer’s and related dementias
  40. Older Women Who are Socially Engaged are More Likely to Be Emotionally Abused or Mistreated
  41. Forget wearables: Future washable smart clothes powered by Wi-Fi will monitor your health
  42. NASA is returning to Venus, where surface temperatures are 470°C. Will it find life when it gets there?
  43. Pandemic prevention measures linked to lower rates of Kawasaki disease in children
  44. Paean to NAC
  45. California Haze
  46. Most Americans Support Medicare Negotiation for Drug Prices Despite Claims It Would Hurt Innovation
  47. Car parts, ski boots and boxes: How broken or used plastic is being given new life
  48. Young T. rexes had a powerful bite, capable of exerting one-sixth the force of an adult
  49. If Countries Implement Paris Pledges with Cuts to Aerosols, Millions of Lives can be Saved
  50. Tai chi about equal to conventional exercise for reducing belly fat in middle-aged and older adults
  51. Diabetes remission diet also lowers blood pressure and reduces need for medication

May 2021

  1. Why scientists want to turn tree bark and compost into aircraft wings and plastic bags
  2. ‘Good’ bacteria show promise for clinical treatment of Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis
  3. Toxic Seaweed
  4. Banning the sale of fossil-fuel cars benefits the climate when replaced by electric cars
  5. Obsessive compulsive disorder linked to increased ischemic stroke risk later in life
  6. Scientists discover brain cells that compete to sustain or suppress traumatic memories
  7. Egyptian fossil surprise: Fishes thrived in tropics in ancient warm period, despite high ocean temperatures
  8. Eco-friendly carbon-dioxide conversion process may revolutionize existing method
  9. Nonprofits, federal government surpass pharma to lead Alzheimer’s drug development
  10. How a handful of veterinarians saved millions of human lives and eradicated a disease from the Earth
  11. Earth’s vegetation is changing faster today than it has over the last 18,000 years
  12. Bringing sexy back: What Australian men & women find attractive in a potential mate
  13. A Land of Darker Green
  14. Scientists discover gene signature for plaque-eating microglia in Alzheimer’s Disease
  15. Stair climbing offers significant cardiovascular and muscular benefits for heart patients
  16. New study of how US recreational cannabis legalization could change illegal drug markets
  17. Burning Lichen
  18. Living in redlined areas associated with lower lung function in those with asthma
  19. Study finds low sugar metabolite associates with disability, neurodegeneration in MS
  20. Composing thoughts: mental handwriting produces brain activity that can be turned into text
  21. Even when they include them, gifted programs aren’t serving Black or low-income kids
  22. Why climate change could make Mediterranean atmospheric ‘meteotsunamis’ more common
  23. Foldable, organic and easily broken down: Why DNA is the material of choice for nanorobots
  24. Unthinkable Thoughts
  25. Deep Sea Plastics
  26. Asthma attacks plummeted among Black and hispanic/latinx individuals during COVID-19 pandemic
  27. Without commuter traffic, pandemic-era drivers are speeding up, increasing noise pollution
  28. Genome sequencing delivers hope and warning for the survival of the Sumatran rhinoceros
  29. Black hole-neutron star collisions may help settle dispute over Universe’s expansion
  30. COVID-19 Conspiracy Beliefs Increased Among Users of Conservative and Social Media
  31. Low doses of radiation may improve quality of life for those with severe Alzheimer’s
  32. An animal able to regenerate all of its organs even when it is dissected into three parts
  33. ‘The line is getting fuzzier’: asteroids and comets may be more similar than we think
  34. Q&A: Nanobots could explore human cells – but their size is an engineering challenge

April 2021

  1. Spongy Trails
  2. Human genome editing requires difficult conversations between science and society
  3. Gel loaded with cancer-fighting cells keeps tumors in check after surgery in mice
  4. Brain changes following traumatic brain injury share similarities with Alzheimer’s disease
  5. Trial of existing antibiotic for treating Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia begins
  6. Trust me. I’m a medical researcher.
  7. Going Beyond Qubits: New Study Demonstrates Key Components for a Qutrit-Based Quantum Computer
  8. ‘Impossible to adapt’: Surprisingly fast ice-melts in past raise fears about sea level rise
  9. More than half of generation Z gay, bisexual teenage boys report being out to parents
  10. A Bronze Map of Stone
  11. Micro-molded ‘ice cube tray’ scaffold is next step in returning sight to injured retinas
  12. Stone Age black bears didn’t just defecate in the woods – they did it in a cave too
  13. Supplement treats schizophrenia in mice, restores healthy ‘dance’ and structure of neurons
  14. Freshwater Salts
  15. Sponge parks and vertical gardens – how cities are using nature to overcome extreme weather
  16. Psychedelic experience may not be required for psilocybin’s antidepressant-like benefits
  17. Bioenergy with carbon capture could help stabilize climate without breaking the bank
  18. Giraffe Ossicones: Unique Mammal Headgear
  19. Social comparisons drive income’s effect on happiness in states with higher inequality
  20. Ghost Forest
  21. Giraffe Girl Gangs are Important to Giraffe Populations
  22. Is combat-induced post-traumatic stress disorder unique to industrialized warfare?
  23. A quick morning reflection could make you a better leader — even if you’re not the boss
  24. Droughts longer, rainfall more erratic over the last 50 years in most of the West
  25. New deadly snake from Asia named after character from Chinese myth ‘Legend of White Snake’
  26. Q&A: How we’re gearing up to deflect asteroids that might cause Earth considerable damage
  27. Researchers develop a technique to produce transplantable livers in the laboratory
  28. Team reveals cost-effective and life-saving treatment for nation’s opioid disorder epidemic
  29. International study discovers ancient meteoritic impact over Antarctica 430,000 years ago
  30. Poisoned Tusks
  31. Scientists uncover a process that stands in the way of making quantum dots brighter
  32. UC group launches clinical trial using CRISPR to correct sickle cell disease gene defect
  33. Century-old problem solved with first-ever 3D atomic imaging of an amorphous solid
  34. Sounds like home: Murrelets choose breeding locations by eavesdropping on other murrelets

March 2021

  1. Even after late start, anti-inflammatory drug protects against lethal inflammation from COVID
  2. Yoga only goes so far: How overhauling patient records can curb physician burnout
  3. Fast-acting, color-changing molecular probe senses when a material is about to fail
  4. Whaling Away
  5. VIDEO: Revealing the Nano Big Bang – Scientists Observe the First Milliseconds of Crystal Formation
  6. Size of grass blades offers better understanding of their vulnerability to climate change
  7. The new antibody that may be able to stay ‘one step ahead’ of coronavirus mutations
  8. Citizenship for unauthorized immigrants could add $1.5 trillion to economy over next 10 years
  9. ‘Indian Sex Life’ and the control of women
  10. Reading Minds with Ultrasound: A Less-Invasive Technique to Decode the Brain’s Intentions
  11. Not just CO2: Rising temperatures also alter photosynthesis in a changing climate
  12. Electronic health record system increases clinicians’ cognitive workload, study finds
  13. Weight and Aging: a Paradox, Part 2
  14. Artificial Neuron Device Could Shrink Energy Use and Size of Neural Network Hardware
  15. Vegetation Beneath the Ice
  16. What Happens To All Those COVID Test Nasal Swabs? That’s Where It Gets Complicated.
  17. Not just CO2: Rising temperatures also alter photosynthesis in a changing climate
  18. After cracking the “sum of cubes” puzzle for 42, mathematicians discover a new solution for 3
  19. Researchers study public comments on orca conservation to aid future protection efforts
  20. An Unusual Creature Is Coming Out of Winter’s Slumber, and Here’s Why Scientists Are Excited
  21. Decapitating Slugs
  22. Aspirin use for cardiovascular disease may reduce likelihood of COVID-19 infection
  23. Study finds brain’s ‘wiring insulation’ as major factor of age-related brain deterioration
  24. Study of mosquito protein could lead to treatments against life-threatening viruses
  25. NIH scientists use human cerebral organoid to test drug for deadly brain disease
  26. Therapy Sneaks into Hard Layer of Pancreatic Cancer Tumor and Destroys it From Within
  27. Weight and Aging: A Paradox, Part 1
  28. Diphtheria risks becoming ‘major global threat’ again as it evolves resistance to antimicrobials
  29. Establishing the Origin of Solar-Mass Black Holes and the Connection to Dark Matter
  30. Study suggests wearing a face mask during intense exercise is safe for healthy people
  31. How Does Your Brain Process Emotions? Answer Could Help Address Loneliness Epidemic
  32. New test enables rapid detection of mild cognitive impairment as well as dementia
  33. Unlocking Letters
  34. A better measuring stick: Algorithmic approach to pain diagnosis could eliminate racial bias
  35. Using a warmer tone in college syllabi makes students more likely to ask for help
  36. Eating fruits and vegetables reduces carcinogenic effects of red and processed meats: study
  37. ‘Needle in a haystack’: The hunt for coronavirus drug compounds in a Belgian biosafety lab
  38. Repurposed Arthritis Drug Did Not Significantly Improve Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia
  39. New technology allows scientists first glimpse of intricate details of Little Foot’s life
  40. Plastic solar cells combine high-speed optical communication with indoor energy harvesting
  41. Coronavirus-like particles could ensure reliability of simpler, faster COVID-19 tests
  42. Menthol cigarettes linked to 10 million extra smokers, hundreds of thousands of premature deaths

February 2021

  1. ‘Never seen anything as effective’ – the not-so-new-drug repurposed for a rare disease
  2. Fishy Traits
  3. Suck eggs, Malcolm Gladwell: What you think you know about viral marketing is wrong
  4. Human Lung and Brain Organoids Respond Differently to SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Lab Tests
  5. Body and mind: hormones in the brain may explain how exercise improves metabolism
  6. Reddit shows people with kidney stones have been less likely to seek treatment during pandemic
  7. Mediterranean wineries are in a climate hotspot. Climatologists are helping them adapt
  8. Superstructures formed by ‘walking’ molecules could help create neurons for regenerative medicine
  9. Study: Covid-19 communications featuring racially diverse physicians can improve health outcomes for communities of color
  10. Electrical transmission lines have power to enhance habitat connectivity for wildlife
  11. Structured exercise program, not testosterone therapy improved men’s artery health
  12. Seismic Songs
  13. Unique study of isolated bobcat population confirms accuracy of extinction model
  14. In U.S., Internet trends suggest COVID spurred return to earlier values, activities
  15. Study: Preschoolers with higher cardiorespiratory fitness do better on cognitive tests
  16. Despite sea-level rise risks, migration to some threatened coastal areas may increase
  17. National Labs Band Together to Build Prototype Magnet for Future and Existing Light Sources
  18. How a trial that mirrors intensive care practices is pinpointing life-saving coronavirus treatments
  19. Ancient Shell Sounds
  20. The songs of fin whales offer new avenue for seismic studies of the oceanic crust
  21. New anti-obesity medication almost twice as effective as most currently approved weight-loss drugs
  22. Gender gap: Women represent two-thirds of doctorates, but hold only one-third of academic jobs
  23. Friends Matter: More Sociable Giraffes Live Longer
  24. Adherence to health precautions, not climate, the biggest factor driving wintertime COVID-19 outbreaks
  25. Abstinence May Influence Changes in the Gut Microbiome of People With Alcohol Use Disorder
  26. To confront climate change, we need to understand the environmental footprint of global supply chains
  27. Mysterious organic scum boosts chemical reaction efficiency, may reduce chemical waste
  28. New DNA-based technique allows researchers to determine age of living beluga whales in Alaska
  29. New fiber optic temperature sensing approach to keep fusion power plants running
  30. Foraging Fungi
  31. Discoveries at the Edge of the Periodic Table: First Ever Measurements of Einsteinium
  32. Gene mutations linked to worse leukemia outcomes in Hispanic and Latino children
  33. In the Antarctic, a scientist recruits albatrosses to pinpoint illegal fishing boats

January 2021

  1. Getting to Net Zero – and Even Net Negative – is Surprisingly Feasible, and Affordable
  2. Plastic Seagrass
  3. Low-dose aspirin may improve pregnancy chances for women with one or two prior miscarriages
  4. Cancer Drug Shows Potent Activity in the Lab Against SARS-CoV-2, Including New Variants
  5. Mange in Yellowstone wolves reveals insights into human scabies and conservation biology
  6. They can capture more carbon than they emit. So why aren’t wooden buildings mainstream?
  7. Universal COVID-19 vaccine adoption will require a coordinated and creative strategy
  8. Universal Clock implies Universal Clockwork
  9. Social media bans, restrictions have mixed impact on potential misinformation following Capitol riot
  10. Full-dose blood thinners decreased need for life support and improved outcome in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
  11. ‘Exercise protein’ MOTS-c doubles running capacity, restores function and extends healthy lifespans in older mice
  12. Five things you need to know about: Delaying the gap between Covid-19 vaccine doses
  13. Elephants from Space
  14. Designer DNA Therapeutic Wipes Out Cancer Stem Cells, Treats Multiple Myeloma in Mice
  15. Could lab-grown plant tissue ease the environmental toll of logging and agriculture?
  16. Getting under your skin: Molecular research builds new understanding of skin regeneration
  17. COVID-19 Variant First Found in Other Countries and States Now Seen More Frequently in California
  18. Low-carbon policies can be ‘balanced’ to benefit small firms and average households – study
  19. Likelihood of severe and ‘long’ COVID may be established very early on following infection
  20. Combination treatment for methamphetamine use disorder shows promise in NIH study
  21. COVID-19 Reduced U.S. life expectancy, especially among Black and Latino populations
  22. Melting Lakes
  23. Population density and virus strains will affect how regions can resume normal life
  24. Nanoparticle Immunization Technology Could Protect Against Many Strains of Coronaviruses
  25. Arecibo Observatory Helps Researchers Find Possible ‘First Hints’ of Low-Frequency Gravitational Waves
  26. Vaccine Myths on Social Media Can Be Effectively Reduced With Credible Fact Checking
  27. New nanostructured alloy for anode is a big step toward revolutionizing energy storage
  28. Study finds new evidence of health threat from chemicals in marijuana and tobacco smoke
  29. Repeated blood meals for mosquitoes can speed development of malaria-causing parasites
  30. When the Mangroves Disappeared
  31. Wait for Me: Cell Biologists Decipher Signal that Ensures No Chromosome is Left Behind
  32. ‘Massive-scale mobilization’ necessary for addressing climate change, scientists say
  33. Neighbors influence coastal landowners’ decisions to armor shorelines against erosion, rising seas
  34. Largest, most diverse prostate cancer study in history shows genetic role in health disparities
  35. Link between dietary fiber, depression partly explained by gut-brain interactions
  36. New clues why gold standard treatment for bipolar disorder doesn’t work for majority of patients
  37. Cortex over reflex: Study traces circuits where executive control overcomes instinct
  38. Alert system shows potential for reducing deforestation, mitigating climate change
  39. Research shows a few beneficial organisms could play key role in treating type 2 diabetes
  40. Aerosols from pollution, desert storms, and forest fires may intensify thunderstorms

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December 2020

  1. A Science of Wholeness Awaits Us
  2. NIH study uncovers blood vessel damage and inflammation in COVID-19 patients’ brains but no infection
  3. Allergists offer reassurance regarding potential allergic reactions to COVID-19 vaccines
  4. Scientists explore deficits in processing speed in individuals with spinal cord injury
  5. How and why privileged defendants fare better in criminal court than non-privileged ones.
  6. Hormone metabolites found in poop give researchers new insight into whale stress
  7. What to Look For in a Biological Clock
  8. Lunar Flow
  9. Study finds fluorine as possible substitute for lithium in rechargeable batteries
  10. Powerful electrical events quickly alter surface chemistry on Mars and other planetary bodies
  11. Model could help determine quarantine measures needed to reduce Covid-19’s spread
  12. SMART researchers engineer a plant-based sensor to monitor arsenic levels in soil
  13. Galactic archaeology: astronomers are using stars as fossils to study the Milky Way
  14. Damming Loss
  15. Spotted Owls Benefit from Wildfires, Forest Fire Suppression Should Focus on Homes
  16. Lab-Grown Human Brain Organoids Mimic an Autism Spectrum Disorder, Help Test Treatments
  17. Neighbourhood watch: What the mission to map the Milky Way is revealing about satellite galaxies
  18. Breakthrough optical sensor mimics human eye, a key step toward better artificial intelligence
  19. Multiple gene edits and computer simulations could help treat rare genetic diseases
  20. How Do We Separate the Factual from the Possible? New Research Shows How Our Brain Responds to Both
  21. I See You: Honey Bees Use Contagious and Honest Visual Signal to Deter Attacking Hornets
  22. Novel form of Alzheimer’s protein found in spinal fluid indicates stage of the disease
  23. Titanium Atom That Exists in Two Places at Once in Crystal to Blame for Unusual Phenomenon
  24. Sustainably managed fisheries provide a safeguard against global food insecurity
  25. How plants compete for underground real estate affects climate change and food production
  26. High-dose influenza vaccine shows no additional benefit for heart disease patients
  27. The Smell of Coral
  28. Deep Mind Knows how Proteins Fold
  29. No poaching occurring within most Channel Islands marine protected areas, new analysis shows
  30. A Machine Learning Solution for Designing Materials with Desired Optical Properties
  31. Big data analysis suggests role of brain connectivity in epilepsy-related atrophy
  32. Scientists warn of the social and environmental risks tied to the energy transition

November 2020

  1. Black carbon and other pollution seeds clouds. We’re just starting to understand the climate implications
  2. A Complexity of Life
  3. Hyperbaric Hyperbole
  4. Driving into the Dreamtime: An Interview with Donald Beagle
  5. Beyond COVID-19: New technologies, treatments could help recovered survivors now facing neurological aftereffects
  6. Mercury Sinking
  7. The mission to decipher a mysterious aerosol layer above Himalayan monsoon clouds
  8. Mushroom cultivation produces three times its weight in waste. It’s now being turned into burgers and fertiliser
  9. Bats have different song cultures and chatter about food, sleep, sex and other bats
  10. NIAAA celebrates 50 years of advancing alcohol research with scientific symposium
  11. Bursts of exercise can lead to significant improvements in indicators of metabolic health
  12. People in developing countries eat less wild game as they migrate from rural to urban areas
  13. Q&A: Talking about the ‘race’ for a coronavirus vaccine could reduce public confidence
  14. Genetic Code Evolution and Darwin’s Evolution Theory Should Consider DNA an ‘Energy Code’
  15. Pearls may provide new information processing options for biomedical, military innovations
  16. A Rolling Wind Gathers the Moss
  17. Glioblastoma nanomedicine crosses into brain in mice, eradicates recurring brain cancer
  18. Large, delayed outbreaks of flu, other diseases possible following COVID-19 controls
  19. Cloud shapes and formations impact global warming – but we still don’t understand them
  20. Calories by the clock? Squeezing most of your calories in early doesn’t impact weight loss
  21. AI model could help patients predict disease risk with electronic health records
  22. Shifts in water temperatures affect eating habits of larval tuna at critical life stage
  23. Researchers identify gene in mice that controls food cravings, desire to exercise
  24. Shrinking Monarchs
  25. Election Angst? In States that Back Losing Nominee, Residents’ Mental Health May Falter
  26. Transforming coronavirus proteins into nanoparticles may hold the key to an effective COVID-19 vaccine
  27. Testing drugs within a tumor may combat pancreatic cancer drug resistance, ‘time machine’ suggests

October 2020

  1. Scientists launch quest to develop quantum sensors for probing quantum materials
  2. Researchers develop a new way to create a spectrum of natural-looking hair colors
  3. Tidal Evolution
  4. Bridges With Limb-Inspired Architecture Could Withstand Earthquakes, Cut Repair Costs
  5. Study: Republicans and Democrats hate the other side more than they love their own side
  6. Archaeologists reveal human resilience in the face of climate change in ancient Turkey
  7. Birthrates, marriage, gender roles will change dramatically in post-pandemic world, scientists predict
  8. ‘Grassland 2.0’ seeks to transform Upper Midwest agriculture through perennial grasslands
  9. This white paint could reduce the need for air conditioning by keeping surfaces cooler than surroundings
  10. Scientists use gene therapy and a novel light-sensing protein to restore vision in mice
  11. Bellwether Beetles
  12. New model of human brain ‘conversations’ could inform research on brain disease, cognition
  13. Light pollution alters predator-prey interactions between cougars and mule deer in western US
  14. Regular social engagement linked to healthier brain microstructure in older adults
  15. Are climate scientists being too cautious when linking extreme weather to climate change?
  16. Circles Beneath the Sea
  17. Protein that Keeps Immune System from Freaking Out Could Form Basis for New Therapeutics
  18. One-third of young people in low- and middle-income countries have lost a sibling
  19. Better RNA-sequencing helps reveal subtle differences between healthy, dysfunctional cells.
  20. Chemists Create New Crystal Form of Insecticide, Boosting Its Ability to Fight Mosquitoes and Malaria
  21. Black police officers disciplined disproportionately for misconduct, IU research finds
  22. Ten Elements of the False COVID Narrative (last 5)
  23. Black and Asian patients have increased risk of severe COVID-19 at different stages of the disease
  24. Better than Earth
  25. A Simple Enrollment Change Yields Big Dividends in Children’s Early Learning Program
  26. Ten Elements of the False COVID Narrative (first 5)
  27. Transparent electronic books and human-looking robots: the new field of ‘organic electronics’
  28. Zombie Fires
  29. The Men who Speak for Science
  30. Forest darkness helps stave off effects of nitrogen pollution – but this is set to change

September 2020

  1. Largest COVID-19 contact tracing study to date finds children key to spread, evidence of superspreaders
  2. Spinal Cord Stimulation Reduces Pain and Motor Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease Patients
  3. Last-resort life support option helped majority of critically ill COVID-19 patients survive
  4. Machine Learning Takes on Synthetic Biology: Algorithms Can Bioengineer Cells for You
  5. Scientists Capture Candid Snapshots of Electrons Harvesting Light at the Atomic Scale
  6. Faced with pandemic shortages, researchers combine heat and humidity to disinfect N95 masks for reuse
  7. Wild Offerings
  8. We ultimately should be able to make a pan-coronavirus vaccine, says theoretical epidemiologist
  9. Q&A: ‘Cancer vaccines will not replace surgery or chemo but could give long-lasting immunity’
  10. New vaccine strategy harnesses ‘foot soldier’ T-cells to provide protection against influenza
  11. Doctors Will Face Many New Challenges in The Near Future
  12. Proposals for Europe’s bold 10-year R&I missions officially handed to Commissioner Gabriel
  13. Study links rising stress, depression in U.S. to pandemic-related losses, media consumption
  14. Study Finds Permanent Supportive Housing is Effective for Highest Risk Chronically Homeless People
  15. Symbiotic Senses
  16. Novel drug could be a powerful weapon in the fight against malaria and toxoplasmosis
  17. Pandemic freight emissions reached 2030 target in just months. How do we make the changes stick?
  18. Cholesterol metabolite causes immune system to attack T cells instead of breast cancer, study finds
  19. Watchdog report: US democratic indicators plummet amid racial justice protests and pandemic
  20. Rediscovered Frogs
  21. As information flows through brain’s heirarchy, higher regions use higher-frequency waves
  22. Vast majority of Americans oppose criminalizing humanitarian aid along Mexican border
  23. Monkey poop could hold key to understanding threats to wildlife from chemical pollutants
  24. ‘Encoding the same biases’: Artificial intelligence’s limitations in coronavirus response
  25. Painting with light: Novel nanopillars precisely control intensity of transmitted light
  26. At Loggerheads with the Storm
  27. New wave of medical ‘deep tech’ can help coronavirus response – but there’s resistance
  28. Experimental vaccine that boosts antigen production shows promise against COVID-19
  29. Studies: E-cigarettes Don’t Help Smokers Quit and They May Become Addicted to Vaping
  30. Scripps Receives NOAA Award to Study Clouds, One of the Largest Uncertainties in Climate Change
  31. Study recommends permanent residence for immigrants in Temporary Protected Status
  32. Paper ballots, risk-limiting audits can help defend elections and democracy, study finds
  33. A “Bang” in LIGO–Virgo Detectors Signals Most Massive Gravitational-Wave Source Yet
  34. Study: Only the Most Aggressive COVID-19 Responses Reduced Cases, Deaths in the U.S.

August 2020

  1. What I Learned from the Glucose Monitor
  2. Biomarkers identified in collegiate athletes that could help predict time needed to recover from concussion
  3. An Outbreak of Flooding
  4. Artificial pancreas effectively controls type 1 diabetes in children age 6 and up
  5. study rules out dark matter destruction as origin of extra radiation in galaxy center
  6. Regulating gene regulatory regions offers a novel mechanism to control ATXN1 levels
  7. Native desert bighorn sheep in ecologically intact areas are less vulnerable to climate change
  8. Prenatal alcohol exposure changes mouse brain circuitry involved in decision making
  9. Housing-first strategy proves cost effective especially for the most-vulnerable homeless group
  10. Excessive Fructose Consumption May Cause a Leaky Gut, Leading to Fatty Liver Disease
  11. None of the most common blood pressure medications increased the risk of depression, some lowered the risk
  12. UK Report reveals young people felt less anxious and more connected to school in lockdown
  13. Smartphone, blockchain technologies to open new frontier in fight against food fraud
  14. The Tragedy of the Bees
  15. Understanding how birds respond to extreme weather can inform conservation efforts
  16. Seafood could account for 25% of animal protein needed to meet projected increases in demand
  17. Firefighters exposed to more potentially harmful chemicals than previously thought
  18. Ranchers attracted to regenerative agriculture for reasons other than climate change mitigation
  19. Science poetry Friday: Artificial Galaxies
  20. Acupuncture activates inflammation-regulating pathways, tames cytokine storm in mice
  21. Exercise Enhancement: Loss of a specific enzyme increases fat metabolism and exercise endurance in mice
  22. Electronic components join forces to take up 10 times less space on computer chips
  23. Artificial intelligence examines best ways to keep parolees from recommitting crimes
  24. Lipoic acid supplements help some obese but otherwise healthy people lose weight
  25. The quantum brain: What a laser can tell us about the relationship between entangled photons and neurons
  26. Excluding undocumented immigrants from stimulus funds cost $10 billion in economic activity
  27. 3 Questions: Asegun Henry on five “grand thermal challenges” to stem the tide of global warming
  28. Blacks and Latinos far more likely to be facing housing displacement during pandemic
  29. Test accurately IDs people whose gonorrhea can be cured with simple oral antibiotic
  30. Molecular changes in Alzheimer’s begin decades before detectable cognitive impairments
  31. The Quiet Sun
  32. Nanoparticle system captures heart-disease biomarker from blood for in-depth analysis
  33. When inequality is significant, free markets are not necessarily the way to go, says Northwestern economist
  34. Q&A: Plate tectonics is fundamental to understanding Earth’s evolution – but big questions remain
  35. Dingoes have gotten bigger over the last 80 years – and pesticides might be to blame
  36. Forty percent of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting 12 risk factors throughout life, experts say

July 2020

  1. Another Win for the Standard Model: New Study Defies Decades-Old ‘Discrepancy’ With High-Precision Measurement
  2. The Mortality of Trees
  3. Augmented reality tool shown to help surgeons remotely guide first responders in battlefield-like scenarios
  4. ‘Liquid biopsy’ tech contributes to successful clinical trial for detecting breast cancer recurrence
  5. Experimental COVID-19 vaccine protects upper and lower airways in nonhuman primates
  6. Risk of Zika virus transmission from mother to unborn child much higher than expected
  7. In nation’s 2 largest metros, Blacks and Latinos are more likely to die from COVID-19
  8. Vaginal ring for HIV prevention receives positive opinion from European regulator
  9. Forecasting Drought
  10. A taste for humans: How disease-carrying mosquitoes evolved to specialize in biting us
  11. Older Adults Who Can Really Smell the Roses May Face Lower Likelihood of Dementia
  12. Choline supplements in young children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder have lasting cognitive benefits
  13. Coronavirus antibodies fall dramatically in first 3 months after mild cases of COVID-19
  14. Battery Breakthrough Gives Boost to Electric Flight and Long-Range Electric Cars
  15. Neural vulnerability in Huntington’s disease tied to release of mitochondrial RNA
  16. Study shows highly reproducible sex differences in aspects of human brain anatomy
  17. Physicians Provide First Comprehensive Review of COVID-19’s Effects Beyond the Lungs
  18. ‘Love hormone’ oxytocin could be used to treat cognitive disorders like Alzheimer’s
  19. Roadside Pollination
  20. New study provides evidence for decades-old theory to explain the odd behaviors of water
  21. Researchers Discover Two Paths of Aging and New Insights on Promoting Healthspan
  22. Light shaken and stirred to help autonomous vehicles better scan for nearby fast-moving objects
  23. Space station motors make a robotic prosthetic leg more comfortable, extend battery life
  24. Clues to COVID-19 Treatments Could Be Hiding in Existing Data – These Scientists Want to Find Them
  25. Polynesians, Native Americans made contact before European arrival, genetic study finds
  26. Molecular “Tails” Are Secret Ingredient for Gene Activation in Humans, Yeast, and Other Organisms
  27. COVID-19 means long stretch of stormy weather for people with alcohol and substance use disorders
  28. Plastic Lobsters
  29. Does Blood Plasma from COVID-19 Survivors Help Patients Infected with Novel Coronavirus?
  30. Politics Influences the Science of COVID-19
  31. Long-acting injectable form of HIV prevention outperforms daily pill in NIH study
  32. Q&A: What lockdown air pollution reductions mean for the future of urban transport
  33. Study finds immune cell that predicts risk of organ rejection in transplant patients
  34. Gnawing the Permafrost

June 2020

  1. Still Confused About Masks? Here’s the Science Behind How Face Masks Prevent Coronavirus
  2. First observation of rare events producing three massive force carriers simultaneously
  3. Human Trials of Plasma Exchange
  4. Countries with early adoption of face masks showed modest COVID-19 infection rates
  5. Lost in the Glow
  6. New approach drives bacteria to produce potential antibiotic, antiparasitic compounds
  7. ‘Poverty alleviation’ and ‘needy?’ Why words can do more harm than good when offering help, Stanford study finds
  8. Changing environment at home genetically primes invasive species to take over abroad
  9. Hamsters develop protective immunity to COVID-19 and are protected by convalescent sera
  10. Initial COVID-19 infection rate may be 80 times greater than originally reported
  11. Bacteria are always at war. Understanding their use of weapons may lead to antibiotic alternatives
  12. Optical Microcomb Device May Result in Improved Telecommunications, Sensors, Clocks
  13. Unique sugar-sensing neurons work together to prevent severe hypoglycemia in mice.
  14. Trees of (Urban) Life
  15. Suppression of Chloroquine is Scandalous
  16. Premature epigenomic aging acts like a ‘sleeper cell’ that is awaken by Western-style diet
  17. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders May Increase the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Other Metabolic Issues
  18. Q&A: How physics could explain why people respond differently to coronavirus infection
  19. Jitterbug: Roaches and Robots Shake It To Transition Between Movements In Tricky Terrain
  20. By recreating phobias and panic attacks, neuroscientists aim to improve anxiety therapies
  21. Spontaneous Formation of Nanoscale Hollow Structures Could Boost Battery Storage
  22. Opposition to sexual- and gender-minority rights linked to support for Christian dominance
  23. Unearthing the Clay House
  24. Stanford researchers develop a way to measure economic health that accounts for nature
  25. Shock waves created in the lab mimic astrophysical particle accelerators powered by exploding stars
  26. Scientists marry two powerful techniques to pinpoint locations of individual molecules in their cellular neighborhoods
  27. Archaeologist sinks teeth into understanding cultural identity, interactions in ancient Nile River Valley
  28. Engineering method designed to help prevent catastrophic failures in electric grids, logistics systems
  29. Study identifies potential approach to treat severe respiratory distress in patients with COVID-19
  30. Microglia in the olfactory bulb have a nose for protecting the brain from infection
  31. Out With the Old Blood
  32. A Snake in the Wetlands
  33. Hydrologists show environmental damage from fog reduction is observable from outer space
  34. Q&A: Coronavirus has shown the need for a global health system – but revealed its weaknesses too

May 2020

  1. New Zealand blue whale distribution patterns tied to ocean conditions, prey availability
  2. Celestial Cloudscapes
  3. Study of 2 cities shows domestic violence reports on the rise as COVID-19 keeps people home
  4. Study shows markers in blood can help identify risk for complications after mild TBI
  5. Biodegradable glitter and pollution-eating microalgae: the new materials inspired by nature
  6. No Improvement in Death Rate for COVID-19 Patients who Received Hydroxychloroquine
  7. Giggling Guano
  8. Researchers show how fishmeal and oil alternatives can support aquaculture growth
  9. For people in diverse areas, community identity supersedes racial, ethnic differences
  10. RNA Molecules in Maternal Blood May Predict Pregnancies at Risk for Preeclampsia
  11. $5.2M for digital twins of nuclear reactors could bring down nuclear energy costs
  12. Indigenous Peoples around the globe are disproportionately affected by pollution
  13. Comedy club performances provide insights on how robots, humans connect via humor
  14. Small number of industrial facilities emit the majority of toxic pollution, year after year
  15. Autism risk estimated at 3 to 5% for children whose parents have a sibling with autism
  16. Investigational ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine protects monkeys against COVID-19 pneumonia
  17. Bredesen Protocol Not Proven to Prevent or Reverse Alzheimer’s, Says UCSF Neurologist
  18. In China, strict quarantine improves air quality and prevents thousands of premature deaths
  19. Moonlight Pollination
  20. NIH begins clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin to treat COVID-19
  21. The Antiviral Drug Remdesivir Can Help Fight the Coronavirus, But Can Patients Get It?
  22. T. rex was a champion walker, super-efficient at lower speeds
  23. ‘Hurricanes from scratch’: FSU researchers find even small disturbances can trigger catastrophic storms
  24. Insects could help increase Europe’s food self-sufficiency but will they catch on?
  25. Two-in-one shot that might give diabetics better control over blood sugar levels
  26. Age Reduction Breakthrough
  27. Fanning the Flames
  28. Immunity of Recovered COVID-19 Patients Could Cut Risk of Expanding Economic Activity
  29. Regularly attending religious services associated with lower risk of deaths of despair
  30. Mats Made From Nanofibers Linked To A Red Wine Chemical Could Help Prevent Oxidation
  31. Benefits of higher doses of certain medicines fail to justify costs and risks, study shows
  32. MRI technique could reduce need for radiation in measuring tumor response to chemotherapy
  33. Outsmarting the enemy: Treefrogs rely on illusions to find a mate without being eaten
  34. New imaging technology allows visualization of nanoscale structures inside whole cells and tissues
  35. Magnetic pulses alter salmon’s orientation, suggesting they navigate via magnetite in their tissue
  36. How pandemics catalyze social and economic change
  37. Survey shows pandemic’s severe impact on U.S. small businesses
  38. Flipping A Genetic Switch on Cells Lets Researchers Boost or Suppress Immune Responses
  39. Salting the Earth

April 2020

  1. Alzheimer’s gene triggers early breakdowns in blood-brain barrier, predicting cognitive decline
  2. Study: Football offensive linemen should start plays upright to avoid hits to the head
  3. Switchbacks and spikes: Parker Solar Probe data consistent with 20-year-old theory
  4. Game theory and COVID-19: Major defense project pivots to explore how to coordinate safe behavior
  5. Anti-terror researchers turn sites to real-time, continuous detection of Coronavirus
  6. Machine Learning Tool Could Provide Unexpected Scientific Insights into COVID-19
  7. Grassland studies, radar-tracked bumblebees offer clues for protecting pollinators
  8. What a View: OSIRIS REx Mission Captures Images of Test Run Maneuver near Asteroid
  9. For Chronic Fatigue, ME Patients, Viral Immunities Come at a Devastating, Lifelong Cost
  10. Electronics for high-altitude use can get smaller and sturdier with new nanomaterials
  11. Dietary supplements an important weapon for fighting off COVID-19, other respiratory conditions
  12. Brain Smog
  13. Discovery of protein’s configuration could lead to more effective anti-obesity treatments
  14. Electronic Skin Fully Powered by Sweat Can Monitor Health, Serve as Human-Machine Interface
  15. UCLA scientists invent nanoparticle that could improve treatment for bone defects
  16. Johns Hopkins Expands Research Into Eliminating Stockpiles of Weapons of Mass Destruction
  17. Q&A: China and Europe likely to see different effect of coronavirus-related air pollution drop
  18. CRISPR and Spit Might Be Keys to Faster, Cheaper, Easier Tests for the Coronavirus
  19. Where did COVID-19 come from? Part 2
  20. Marrying Molecular Farming and Advanced Manufacturing to Develop a COVID-19 Vaccine
  21. New research gives further evidence that autoimmunity plays a role in Parkinson’s disease
  22. New tool helps predict risk of death, admission to long-term care for people with dementia
  23. Neolithic genomes from modern-day Switzerland indicate parallel ancient societies
  24. ‘I don’t see any other way out’: Diagnostic testing and smartphone contact tracing to beat pandemic
  25. Where did COVID-19 come from?
  26. See-through Skin
  27. The dangers of misinformation and neglecting linguistic minorities during a pandemic
  28. Overreaction
  29. Brain immune cell defect may help explain social impairments in males with autism
  30. Asian universities close gap on US schools in world rankings by increasing STEM funding
  31. Repurposing drugs and networks can help find outbreak treatments against the clock
  32. Ancient teeth from Peru hint that now-extinct monkeys crossed the Atlantic from Africa
  33. Testing the Age of Sharks
  34. Bluetooth Signals From Your Smartphone Could Automate Covid-19 Contact Tracing While Preserving Privacy
  35. Housing prescriptions improve health outcomes in children, anxiety and depression in adults
  36. Engineered virus might be able to block coronavirus infections, mouse study shows
  37. Students who listened to Beethoven during lecture — and in dreamland — did better on test
  38. Reactivating this part of brain restores pro-social behavior in opioid addiction
  39. Researchers design low-cost PPE disinfectant system using parts found at hardware stores
  40. The Weight of Martian Water
  41. Clues to COVID-19 coronavirus’s vulnerability emerge from an antibody against SARS
  42. Scientists show how parasitic infection causes seizures, psychiatric illness for some
  43. Discovery of life in solid rock deep beneath sea may inspire new search for life on Mars
  44. To counter COVID-19 misinformation, USC expert backs new approach to science learning
  45. Q&A: We have to rethink disease detection to get ahead of the outbreak after coronavirus

March 2020

  1. In Earth’s largest extinction, land animal die-offs began long before marine extinction
  2. Beneath an Iron Sky
  3. Missing link in coronavirus jump from bats to humans could be pangolins, not snakes
  4. Deleting a gene prevents Type 1 diabetes in mice by disguising insulin-producing cells
  5. Left and right agree U.S. needs to reduce fossil-fuel dependence but disagree about how to do it
  6. MIT joins White House supercomputing effort to speed up search for Covid-19 solutions
  7. Covid-19: How unprecedented data sharing has led to faster-than-ever outbreak research
  8. Ancient Rings of Time
  9. Army’s quantum sensor could detect radio signals, all at once, across entire spectrum
  10. ‘Fatal attraction’: Small carnivores drawn to kill sites, then ambushed by larger kin
  11. New Yorkers and Coronavirus — Support for school closures, while most feel not at risk
  12. ‘Little Foot’ skull reveals how this more than 3 million year old human ancestor lived
  13. Resolving inflammation could it prevent memory loss in Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s
  14. Mimicking cancer’s evasive tactics, microparticles show promise for transplant rejection
  15. Moulded Galaxies
  16. Solving obesity: Could manipulating microbes offer an alternative to weight loss surgery?
  17. Arrival delayed! Water, carbon and nitrogen were not immediately supplied to Earth
  18. Covid-19: Social distancing will help health authorities deal with coronavirus, says epidemiologist
  19. Docking, rendezvous and Newton’s third law – the challenge of servicing satellites in space
  20. Moral foundations theory: Jedi mindtricks to convince conservatives climate change is urgent and real
  21. Jellied Eggs
  22. More accurate climate change model reveals bleaker outlook on electricity, water use
  23. Organic molecules discovered by Curiosity Rover consistent with early life on Mars
  24. Schizophrenic no more: Two subcategories in the brain redefine a blanket diagnosis
  25. Repurposed antidepressant could be a new treatment for recurrent prostate cancer
  26. Not Made Up: UNE Research Reveals the Very Real Effects of Sexism on Self-Esteem and Cosmetic Pricing
  27. Researchers identify protein Plexin-B2 critical for wound healing after spinal cord injury
  28. Geologists determine early Earth was a ‘water world’ by studying exposed ocean crust

February 2020

  1. Q&A: ‘We can diagnose more than 4,000 rare diseases but there’s still a long way to go’
  2. Genetic Unmarking
  3. Sugary drinks a sour choice for adults trying to maintain normal cholesterol levels
  4. Widowhood accelerates cognitive decline among those at risk for Alzheimer’s disease
  5. Particle accelerator technology could solve one of the most vexing problems in building quantum computers
  6. Slow, steady increase in exercise intensity is best for heart health — much more is not always much better
  7. Treatment to reset immune cells markedly improves traumatic brain injury symptoms
  8. How astronomers are piecing together the mysterious origins of superluminous supernovae
  9. Coronavirus Response Shows the World May Not Be Ready for Climate-Induced Pandemics
  10. Wearable sensor powered by AI predicts worsening heart failure before hospitalization
  11. How incorporating traditional healing practices can create more culturally relevant treatment for Native clients
  12. Just as tobacco advertising causes teen smoking, exposure to alcohol ads causes teens to drink
  13. Why do whales migrate? They return to the tropics to shed their skin, scientists say
  14. People prefer monthly payments in multiples of $100, even when it may cost them more
  15. The Black Giant’s Collapse
  16. First genetic evidence of resistance in some bats to white-nose syndrome, a devastating fungal disease
  17. Researchers combine lasers and terahertz waves in camera that sees ‘unseen’ detail
  18. Mediterranean diet promotes gut bacteria linked to ‘healthy ageing’ in older people
  19. IVF-conceived children have somewhat higher mortality risk in their first weeks of life
  20. Discovery at ‘flower burial’ site could unravel mystery of Neanderthal death rites
  21. Tourists pose continued risks for disease transmission to endangered mountain gorillas
  22. Footprints in the Himalayas
  23. Harnessing the sun to bring fresh water to remote or disaster-struck communities
  24. Fossilized insect from 100 million years ago is oldest record of primitive bee with pollen
  25. Understanding different brown bear personalities may help reduce clashes with people
  26. Heat trapped in urban areas tricks trees into thinking spring has arrived earlier
  27. The Human Brain’s Meticulous Interface with the Bloodstream now on a Precision Chip
  28. Increases in minimum wage may not have anticipated positive health effects, study shows
  29. Brain-wave pattern can identify people likely to respond to antidepressant, study finds
  30. Mining patented gene therapies offers treatment options for cancers, other diseases
  31. Human Gut-in-a-Dish Model Helps Define ‘Leaky Gut,’ and Outline a Pathway to Treatment
  32. Investigational drugs didn’t slow memory loss, cognitive decline in rare, inherited Alzheimer’s
  33. Re-creating live-animal markets in the lab lets researchers see how pathogens like coronavirus jump species
  34. Burdensome regulations stymie backyard cottage production, UC Berkeley study finds
  35. Alcohol Rehabilitation Can Reduce Hospital Readmission, Relapse, and Mortality in Patients with Alcoholic Hepatitis
  36. Could a drug deployed at the earliest hint of Alzheimer’s stop or slow the disease?
  37. A Breakthrough on the Next Big Step to Building the World’s Most Powerful Particle Accelerator
  38. First in the U.S. Wireless Retinal Device for Advanced Age-related Macular Degeneration
  39. Scientists discover fundamental mechanism that affects how gene activity is regulated
  40. ‘Treating cancer is only part of the journey’: the overlooked needs of cancer survivors
  41. Arctic permafrost thaw plays greater role in climate change than previously estimated
  42. New study links autism to specific cell, paves way for potential approach to treatment
  43. How many stars eventually collide as black holes? The universe has a budget for that.

January 2020

  1. An Entanglement of Whales
  2. New study identifies Neanderthal ancestry in African populations and describes its origin
  3. Putrid Compound Putrescine May Have a Sweet Side Gig as Atherosclerosis Treatment
  4. Patient with unusually severe infection leads scientists to a rare type of immune deficiency
  5. Engineers design bionic heart for testing prosthetic valves, other cardiac devices
  6. Robotic Submarine Snaps First-Ever Images at Foundation of Notorious Thwaites Antarctic Glacier
  7. young children with perforated appendicitis benefit most from prompt surgery removing appendix
  8. Crab-shell and seaweed compounds spin into yarns for sustainable and functional materials
  9. Scientists short-circuit maturity in insects, opening new paths to disease prevention
  10. Wine Regions Could Shrink Dramatically With Climate Change Unless Growers Swap Varieties
  11. New treatment kills off infection that can be deadly to cystic fibrosis patients
  12. Prescription drug Bumetanide improves symptoms of autism by targeting brain’s chemical messengers
  13. Sounds of Senescence
  14. Certain personality traits in high school may lower dementia risk five decades later
  15. Ultrafast camera takes 1 trillion frames per second of transparent objects and phenomena
  16. Urine fertilizer: ‘Aging’ effectively protects against transfer of antibiotic resistance
  17. New X-ray method has ‘profound implications’ for the development of lifesaving drugs
  18. Study: Couples are more likely to survive if fathers take family leave for newborns
  19. Emissions of potent greenhouse gas have grown, contradicting reports of huge reductions
  20. Setting fires to avoid fires: Study outlines approaches to enable more prescribed burns
  21. Deep Antarctic drilling will reveal climate secrets trapped in 1.5 million-year-old ice
  22. We know exercise is good for your skin. This protein mimics those effects in mice.
  23. Want to know what climate change will do in your back yard? There’s a dataset for that
  24. Prolonged breath-holding could help radiotherapy treatment of cardiac arrhythmias
  25. Housing Benefits
  26. At gun safety events, 40% of gun owners reported not locking all household guns — even around kids
  27. Stanford researchers propose ‘Human Screenome Project’ to study the impacts and promises of digital media
  28. Researchers gain control over internal structure of self-assembled composite materials
  29. In Mice, Alcohol Dependence Results in Brain-Wide Remodeling of Functional Architecture
  30. Flame retardants and pesticides overtake heavy metals as biggest contributors to IQ loss
  31. New mechanism, NF, may safely prevent and reverse obesity by inhibiting aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR)
  32. Study Identifies Genetic Variant that May Contribute to Alcohol and Drug Addiction
  33. Rewilding Fukushima
  34. Interconnected stellar nurseries form the largest gaseous structure ever observed in Milky Way
  35. Pathways to a low-carbon future: How global energy mix could change over the next 20 years.
  36. Experts Come Together to Save 3-year-old Gorilla’s Eyesight at San Diego Zoo Safari Park
  37. How does your body respond to feelings of moral outrage? Depends on your politics
  38. JUUL Delivers Substantially More Nicotine than Previous Generation E-Cigs and Cigarettes
  39. AI-based motion-capture system for animals has applications from drug development to ecology
  40. Researchers suggest a pathway to reverse the genetic defect of Friedreich’s ataxia
  41. Intravenous delivery of the TB vaccine may dramatically improve protection, research suggests
  42. Scientists capture for first time, light flashes from human eye during radiotherapy
  43. Study of veterans details genetic basis for anxiety, links anxiety and depression
  44. Shuttering of U.S. Coal Plants Saved More than 26,000 Lives Over the Past Decade, Study Finds
  45. Study suggests childhood exposure to dogs may lessen risk of developing schizophrenia
  46. Persistence of gut microbial strains in twins, living apart after cohabitating for decades
  47. The Birds and the Bats: Evolving to Fly May Have Had Big Effect on Gut Microbiome
  48. Simulated Image Demonstrates the Power of NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope
  49. New Approach to Alter Intestinal Microbiota, Vaccinate Against Chronic Inflammatory Diseases
  50. Adolescents’ view of family social standing correlates with mental health, life outcomes
  51. Illegal hunting and bushmeat trade threatens biodiversity and wildlife of Angola
  52. Breakthrough study on molecular interactions could improve development of new medicines
  53. Disagreeing With U.S. President Leads CEOs to Invest More in Social Responsibility
  54. Premature Migration
  55. Structured, salary-only compensation plan for physicians is a model for pay equity
  56. Black Teens Face Racial Discrimination Multiple Times Daily, Suffer Depressive Symptoms as a Result

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