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Society for Medical Decision Making Honors UMIT TIROL and Harvard Professor Uwe Siebert with 2026 Career Achievement Award
Super-Kamiokande Unveils a Clue to the Faint “Whispers” Imprinted Across Cosmic History
Huntington’s Disease: Targeted Light Pulses Improve Motor Function
Monash secures top global research talent through EMERGE program
Are algorithms unfairly screening out immigrant job applications?
Women negotiate as effectively as men – but leave people happier
Doris Tsao and Winrich Freiwald Receive the International Prize for Translational Neuroscience
The Caspian Sea has lost an area nearly the size of Sicily: human activities are a major reason why
Popularity of injectable peptides surges online and regulation isn’t keeping up
Magic mushrooms and Alzheimer’s: what one remarkable case can tell us
Erin Schuman Receives Kavli Prize 2026
New research suggests giant kelp could inspire innovative climate solutions
How Hospital Admission Affects Persons With Dementia
Carbon dioxide and water played key role in historic Mount Etna eruption
Study Clarifies How Atmospheric Dust Shapes Climate
What ‘biodegradable’ packaging really means – and 3 key questions to ask about it
PolyU research reveals snow droughts continue to threaten global food security and calls for climate-resilient agriculture practices to promote sustainable development
Breathing – Key To Body’s Stress System
Widespread AI misuse means higher ed must rethink assessment
HKUST Physicist Elected as a Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Dopamine Deficiency Found to Drive Memory Impairment in Alzheimer’s Disease
Marine Innovation Conference
Trump’s new ‘Coalie’ mascot and myth of ‘clean, beautiful coal’ have a long history in advertising
‘Moonshot’ project aims to restore trust in the digital public sphere
Book talk, film screening, keynote to highlight Union Days
Toxic dust from California’s shrinking Salton Sea is harming children’s lung growth – our study tracked the impact in 700 kids
Evolution in Fast-Forward: How Thale Cress Adapts – or Goes Extinct 
Nobel Laureate In Physics To Speak At Cornell April 8
AIC research explores perceptions of police fairness among Australian drug users
Why Americans think they won’t benefit from Social Security
Global atlas will track human and climate impact on river systems
Researchers Demonstrate How Magnets Influence Behavior of Metamaterials
HBO’s ‘The Pitt’ nails how hospital cyberattacks create chaos, endanger patients and disrupt critical care
Earthquake scientists reveal how overplowing weakens soil at experimental farm
Hundreds of hungry mosquitoes, a student volunteer and a mesh suit helped us figure out how these deadly insects reach their targets
Immune Cells Are Programmed Within Body To Fight Cancer
Misfits find a home – and a history – in the ongoing story of punk
Power outages can threaten the lives of medical device users – knowing who is most at risk will help cities respond
Fat cells burn energy to make heat – making them the next frontier of weight loss therapies
Flipped Chromosomal Segments Drive Natural Selection
Study Finds Online Racism Associated With Black Young Adults Seeking Mental Health Support
Fish use more energy to stay still than previously thought
Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes – researchers are ‘resurrecting’ their genomes to understand how and why
Widespread ‘enhanced rock weathering’ could slow global warming
3D scanning and shape analysis help archaeologists connect objects across space and time to recover their lost histories
NASA selects UW-led STRIVE and EDGE teams for satellite missions
Valentine’s Day is coming: How vulnerable are you to AI-enabled romance scams?
On Shoulders Of Giants