Reconstructing historical typhoons from a 142-year record
A team of scientists has, for the first time, identified landfalls of tropical cyclones (TCs) in Japan for the period from 1877 to 2019;...
Mixing theory, observation to envision warmer world
A more realistic look at what a hot summer can bring to a nearby pond, and new respect for the blinding speed global warming...
A diabetes drug promotes brain repair — but it only works in females
Study finds that the diabetes drug metformin, known to promote brain repair, can also help restore cognitive function in adult mice but only in...
Beware of false negatives in diagnostic testing of COVID-19
Researchers have found that the chance of a false negative result -- when a virus is not detected in a person who actually is,...
Wide-ranging problems in children born before 24 weeks gestation
In a study of children born after a pregnancy of less than 24 weeks, nearly all (96 percent) proved to have any of the...
Connecting lab-grown brain cells provides insight into how our own brains work
Researchers have developed a technique to connect lab-grown neural 'organoids' (three-dimensional developmental brain-like structures grown from human stem cells) using axonal bundles, similar to...
Trees’ ‘enemies’ help tropical forests maintain their biodiversity
Scientists have long struggled to explain how tropical forests can maintain their staggering diversity of trees without having a handful of species take over...
Deep learning speeds up galactic calculations
Supernovae, exploding stars, play a critical role in the formation and evolution of galaxies. However, key aspects of them are notoriously difficult to simulate...
Resilience, not collapse: What the Easter Island myth gets wrong
New research suggests that the demographic collapse at the core of the Easter Island myth didn't really happen.
Research sheds new light on gene therapy for blood disorders
A study shows new steps toward more patients getting gene therapy.
