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How High Altitudes and Red Blood Cells May Help Fight Diabetes
People who live at high altitude have long been known to have lower diabetes rates. A new study explains why, …
Brain Neurons, Not Just Muscles, Found to Drive Endurance Gains
A new study from The Jackson Laboratory and the University of Pennsylvania finds that key neurons in the brain must …
Mayo Clinic Uncovers How Lung Tumors Evade Immunotherapy
Mayo Clinic researchers have identified how lung tumors twist a normal immune safeguard into a shield for cancer, helping explain …
New USC Study: Pro Athletes Overwhelmingly Back Activism Rights
A new national study from USC’s Race and Equity Center finds 94% of professional athletes believe they should be able …
Personalized AI Chatbots Risk Becoming Yes-Men
As AI chatbots learn more about us, they may become too eager to agree. A new MIT and Penn State …
Plant-Based Nanomaterial Offers Cleaner Way to Recover Rare Earths
Using a material derived from plants, Penn State researchers have developed a cleaner, more sustainable way to separate and recover …
Heavy Social Media Use Linked to Loneliness in U.S. College Students
A massive national survey finds that more than half of U.S. college students feel lonely, and those who spend the …
MIT AI Model Learns Yeast DNA Language to Cut Drug Costs
MIT chemical engineers used a large language model to learn how industrial yeast reads DNA, then used it to make …
How Bacteria May Help Drive Breast Cancer
Johns Hopkins scientists have traced how certain gut and breast bacteria can push breast cancer to grow and spread by …
Feeling Connected Boosts Trust in AI, Global Study Finds
A major international study finds that trust in AI depends less on technical performance and more on whether people feel …
AI
Personalized AI Chatbots Risk Becoming Yes-Men
As AI chatbots learn more about us, they may become too eager to agree. A new MIT and Penn State …
MIT AI Model Learns Yeast DNA Language to Cut Drug Costs
MIT chemical engineers used a large language model to learn how industrial yeast reads DNA, then used it to make …
Feeling Connected Boosts Trust in AI, Global Study Finds
A major international study finds that trust in AI depends less on technical performance and more on whether people feel …
UC San Diego Team Teaches AI to Truly ‘Show Its Work’
A new training method from UC San Diego helps AI reason more like a careful student, not a guesser, especially …
Chatbot Bias Can Sway What You Buy, UC San Diego Study Finds
Chatbots that summarize product reviews can quietly shift how people feel about what they read — and what they buy …
Career & Education
Girls Thrive at School, but Study Says Boys Need Changes Too
A large Norwegian study finds young girls feel happier and safer at school than boys, and that students do best …
Nursing Student Debt and Loan Caps Could Deepen US Care Shortages
A new University of Michigan study finds that heavy student debt is pushing nurses out of the profession and that …
What 2025 Research Revealed About the Future of Learning and Student Success
In 2025, research on education and human development offered new insights into how learning is changing and what actually helps …
How ChatGPT Is Quietly Reshaping Student Writing, Not Grades
A large study of nearly 5,000 student reports shows that writing has grown more polished, formal and upbeat since ChatGPT’s …
New Federal Loan Caps May Disrupt Medical Field: Harvard Study
A new study from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute reveals that upcoming federal loan caps could pose significant financial challenges …
Climate & Sustainability
Plant-Based Nanomaterial Offers Cleaner Way to Recover Rare Earths
Using a material derived from plants, Penn State researchers have developed a cleaner, more sustainable way to separate and recover …
Fish-Skin Biofilm From Amazonian Species Shows Promise for Greener Food Packaging
Brazilian scientists have transformed the skin of an Amazonian farmed fish into a clear, durable biofilm that could one day …
Turning Wet Food Waste Into Clean Energy: HKUST Study Shows a Better Way
By rethinking what happens to leftovers after they leave our plates, HKUST researchers show that sending wet food waste through …
Bottled Water Can Carry More Nanoplastics Than Tap, Study Finds
New research from Ohio State shows some bottled water brands contain three times as many nanoplastic particles as treated tap …
Wood-Based ‘Thermal Battery’ Could Help Buildings Slash Energy Use
Engineers at UT Dallas have turned ordinary wood into a kind of thermal battery that can store and release heat …
Health & Wellness
How High Altitudes and Red Blood Cells May Help Fight Diabetes
People who live at high altitude have long been known to have lower diabetes rates. A new study explains why, …
Mayo Clinic Uncovers How Lung Tumors Evade Immunotherapy
Mayo Clinic researchers have identified how lung tumors twist a normal immune safeguard into a shield for cancer, helping explain …
High-Fat Keto Diets May Damage Liver More Than Carbs, Study Finds
A new Penn State study in mice suggests that very high-fat and keto-style diets can harm liver health and drive …
Epigenetic ‘Master Gene’ May Drive Deadly Spread of Pancreatic Cancer
Johns Hopkins scientists have pinpointed an epigenetic “master gene” that helps pancreatic cancer spread, opening a potential new path for …
Massive Global Study Reveals Early-Life Risks for Food Allergies
A landmark McMaster University study of 2.8 million children worldwide has identified key early-life factors that raise the risk of …
Lifestyle
Used Electric Cars Now Beat Gas Vehicles on Lifetime Costs
A new University of Michigan study finds that three-year-old used electric vehicles now offer the lowest lifetime cost of ownership …
Scientists Propose First THC Unit Limits for Safer Cannabis Use
University of Bath psychologists have proposed the first evidence-based THC unit thresholds to guide safer cannabis use, echoing alcohol unit …
Indoor Tanning Makes Young Skin Genetically Decades Older
A new study from UCSF and Northwestern finds that indoor tanning leaves young adults’ skin genetically older than that of …
Vegan Diet Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 51%: New Study
A recent study by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine reveals that a low-fat vegan diet can slash greenhouse gas …
Cannabis Use Reduces Alcohol Consumption in the Short Term, New Study Shows
A Brown University-led study finds that cannabis use may lead to less alcohol consumption in the short term, supporting the “California …
People & Culture
New USC Study: Pro Athletes Overwhelmingly Back Activism Rights
A new national study from USC’s Race and Equity Center finds 94% of professional athletes believe they should be able …
Study: Media Framed Asian American Olympians as Loyalty Test
A new University of Michigan study finds U.S. media celebrated snowboarder Chloe Kim while vilifying skier Eileen Gu, revealing how …
New Kinsey Institute Study Asks: How Many Times Do We Fall in Love?
A first-of-its-kind Kinsey Institute study finds U.S. adults fall passionately in love about twice in a lifetime. The results challenge …
New Tool Reveals Why Some People Embrace Political Debate
A new psychology tool from the University of Basel measures how far we will go to talk with people who …
Teen Drug Use in U.S. Stays Near Record Lows, Survey Finds
A major national survey shows most U.S. teens continue to avoid alcohol, nicotine and other drugs at historically high rates, …
Science
Brain Neurons, Not Just Muscles, Found to Drive Endurance Gains
A new study from The Jackson Laboratory and the University of Pennsylvania finds that key neurons in the brain must …
How Bacteria May Help Drive Breast Cancer
Johns Hopkins scientists have traced how certain gut and breast bacteria can push breast cancer to grow and spread by …
Chronic Inflammation Traps Immune Repair Cells, Study Finds
Chronic inflammation can quietly sabotage the body’s own repair crew. A new UNC-Chapel Hill study shows how key immune cells …
UCLA’s New Mineral Sunscreen Cuts White Cast With Zinc Tetrapods
UCLA researchers reshaped zinc oxide into microscopic tetrapods to create a mineral sunscreen that offers strong UV protection with far …
Ultra-Sensitive Test Strip Could Transform Cancer Diagnosis
A La Trobe University team has developed an ultra-sensitive, single-use test strip that detects disease-linked microRNAs at extremely low levels …
Technology
How a Little Randomness Could Break Social Media Echo Chambers
A new University of Rochester study suggests echo chambers are not inevitable online. Small tweaks that add randomness to feeds …
Light-Activated Nanoparticles Promise Gentler, More Precise Cancer Care
NYU Abu Dhabi researchers have engineered light-activated nanoparticles that can both find and destroy tumors while sparing healthy tissue. The …
MIT’s Portable 3D Ultrasound Could Transform Breast Cancer Screening
MIT researchers have created a smartphone-sized 3D ultrasound system designed to make breast cancer screening more frequent, affordable and accessible …
Penn Engineers Design Tethered Solar Data Centers in Space
Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have designed a solar-powered data center that would orbit Earth on long, plant-like tethers …
Robots at Work: Study Says Collaboration Beats Replacement
A new study argues that companies chasing full automation may be missing the real competitive advantage: people and robots working …