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New Glenn Update
Blue Origin announced a series of upgrades to New Glenn designed to increase payload performance and launch cadence, while enhancing reliability.
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How the brain's activity, energy use and blood flow change as people fall asleep
Read the latest articles, insights, and press releases from Mass General Brigham.
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Fingers wrinkle the same way every time they’re in the water too long
A question from a child inspired a new biomedical engineering paper.
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Scientists find ways to boost memory in aging brains
In two separate studies, Virginia Tech researchers identified age-related molecular changes in the brain and adjusted them to improve memory.
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A supersonic engine core makes the perfect power turbine
It started, as many things do these days, by scrolling on X.
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New material gives copper superalloy-like strength
Breakthrough material could transform aerospace, defense and industrial applications.
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NeurIPS 2025 Best Paper Awards
The Best Paper Award Committee members were nominated by the Program Chairs and the Database and Benchmark track chairs, who selected leading researchers across machine learning topics. These nominations were approved by the General Chairs and Next Generation and Accessibility Chairs.
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HealthBench – An evaluation for AI systems and human health
HealthBench is a new evaluation benchmark for AI in healthcare which evaluates models in realistic scenarios. Built with input from 250+ physicians, it aims to provide a shared standard for model performance and safety in health.
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Trials avoid high risk patients and underestimate drug harms
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.
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Forests offset warming more than thought: study
Replanting forests can cool the planet even more than some scientists once believed, especially in the tropics. But even if every tree lost since the mid-19th century is replanted, the total effect won’t cancel out human-generated warming.
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PYREX vs. pyrex: What's the difference?
For 100 years, Corning has developed special glass for use in both chemical and life science laboratories, including PYREX® glass.
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Next generation LEDs are cheap and sustainable
Cost, technical performance and environmental impact – these are the three most important aspects for a new type of LED technology to have a broad commercial impact on society. This has been demonstrated by LiU-researchers in a new study.
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Biomolecular shifts occur in our 40s and 60s (2024)
Time marches on predictably, but biological aging is anything but constant, according to a new Stanford Medicine study.
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University of Alabama Engineer Pioneers New Process for Recycling Plastics
Researchers at the University of Alabama have developed a way of more efficiently and effectively recycling polymers.
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A woman on a mission to photograph every species of hummingbird
In less than a decade amateur photographer and Hummingbird Spot founder Carole Turek has photographed more than 250 hummingbird species, including one that was long considered extinct.
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Total lunar eclipse over Teide crater, Tenerife – a project with many obstacles
Rarely have I thought so often about abandoning a photography project as during this lunar eclipse on Tenerife. Somehow, everything seemed to conspire against us this time. This is the story of an elaborately planned photo project where almost everything … Continue reading →
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Sports supplement creatine makes no difference to muscle gains, trial finds
People hoping to build muscle with the support of a creatine supplement might be disappointed by new research that shows it has little to no effect when taken at the recommended level.
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A study on how turtles navigate using the Earth’s magnetic field
Carolina researchers publish a groundbreaking study on how turtles navigate using the Earth’s magnetic field.
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Student refines 100-year-old math problem, expanding wind energy possibilities
A Penn State engineering student's work on a century-old math problem that expands research in aerodynamics, unlocking new possibilities in wind turbine design, was recently published in Wind Energy Science.
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The brain navigates new spaces by 'darting' between reality and mental maps
A new Yale study reveals the brain's internal map doesn't just track one’s current location, it constantly "flickers" between the present space and remembered
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Danish Study: No link between vaccines and autism or other health conditions
A new Danish study finds no association between aluminum in childhood vaccines and 50 different health conditions, including autism, asthma, and autoimmune diseases. The findings reaffirm the safety of Denmark’s childhood vaccination program.
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Abandoned land drives dangerous heat in Houston, study finds
Research highlights how a lack of vegetation and shade exposes vulnerable residents to heightened health risks.
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Lithium compound can reverse Alzheimer’s in mice: study
Study: Lithium loss ignites Alzheimer’s, but lithium compound can reverse disease in mice
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Sharper MRI scans may be on horizon thanks to new physics-based model
Researchers at Rice and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have unveiled a physics-based model of magnetic resonance relaxation that bridges molecular-scale dynamics with macroscopic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signals, promising new insight into how contrast agents interact with water molecules.
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Research team digitizes more than 100 years of Canadian infectious disease data
The new, publicly accessible database contains more than a million infectious disease incidence counts dating back to 1903.