Active brown fat may protect heart health in obese individuals
People with obesity face a significantly increased risk of atherosclerosis, and consequently heart attack and stroke. This elevated…
New genetic tool tracks how bacteria spreads between people
The research, published on April 24th, 2026, in Nature Microbiology, describes how the new tool, called TRAnsmision Clustering of Strains…
Child health experts launch GenHEART to tackle Australia’s obesity crisis
Heart health, diet, exercise and sleep will be targeted under a multi-pronged strategy by child health experts to…
Cellular aging in immune cells signals early onset of cognitive depression
Blood tests measuring the aging of certain white blood cells can predict cognitive and mood-related symptoms of depression,…
AAD survey reveals Americans ignore sun risks despite skin cancer concerns
The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) today released results from its annual Practice Safe Sun Survey, revealing many…
Spider and horseshoe crab relatives emerged 20 million years earlier than scientists thought
It looked, at first, like the sort of fossil Rudy Lerosey-Aubril knew well. After a long day of…
The Blogs: Three Salutes to MAFAT | James Ogunleye
The quiet engine preserving Israel’s technological edge – and shaping the battlefield of tomorrow I have written recently…
NASA’s first nuclear-powered spacecraft is heading to Mars, and its bringing helicopters
For years, nuclear propulsion sat in the same category as so many ambitious space ideas, impressive on paper,…
Penn engineers use AI to solve some of science’s most difficult math problems
A ripple tells you something happened, but not exactly what. That is the core problem behind a hard…
Harvard researchers discover how the human nose decodes smells
For decades, smell stood apart from the other senses. Scientists could point to orderly maps in the eye,…
Ancient impact with Theia may have brought water and life to Earth
Earth’s story may have hardened into place almost as soon as the Solar System began. That is the…
3 Medical Routines That Older People May Not Need
Enough time had passed since the patient’s previous colonoscopy that she met the criteria to undergo another, said…