New Study Shows Risks of Amazon Deforestation. And Rewards of Protection.
If deforestation and global warming continue unchecked, the Amazon rainforest could begin a gradual transition to a degraded,…
A dead galaxy from the early universe is forcing astronomers to rethink galactic evolution
Space tends to reward expectations. Young galaxies should spin. Gas falls in, gravity takes hold, angular momentum builds,…
Should you ask ChatGPT for medical advice?— Harvard Gazette
Physicians noticed something unusual in the late 2000s: Patients were coming to appointments armed with sometimes-dubious medical information…
Freshwater turtles thriving only months after outback lake was on verge of drying up
In the early hours of the morning, university students Amelia Corboy and Eric Brooks jump in their kayak…
Human telomerase shows limited function across different animal species
A new research paper was published in Volume 18 of Aging-US on April 13, 2026, titled “Cross species activity of TERT…
Big tech drives the rise of direct-to-consumer health AI assistants
JMIR Publications today released a timely new feature in its News and Perspectives section, providing one of the…
Photodynamic strategies enhance antibacterial performance of titanium orthopedic implants
1. Background The increasing global aging population has led to a steady rise in the demand for titanium…
China ‘Madman of Science’ believes budget space travel is viable after low-cost rocket launch
An innovator in China has successfully launched a self-developed low-cost rocket, proving the feasibility of budget space exploration…
AI model reads genetic code to trace evolutionary history
Researchers at the University of Oregon have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can read genetic code the…
Virginia Tech researcher wins NIH award to study metabolic brain health
Mary Elizabeth Baugh, a research scientist with Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has been awarded…
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…
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,…