Science

Hydrogels are water-rich, three-dimensional polymer networks that can absorb and hold large amounts of fluid while remaining soft, biocompatible, and mechanically tunable. By engineering their...

Researchers at Germany’s Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have unveiled two experimental routes to dismantle PFAS—so-called “forever chemicals” notorious for their resistance to degradation. The approach combines...

TAMPA, Fla. (July 17, 2026) — A team at the University of South Florida (USF) has uncovered a pathway that may help preserve heart function...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A quiet tax policy shift is rippling through local democracy. When the enhanced federal standard deduction became permanent, many Americans stopped...

China’s landmark Shan-Shui Initiative, launched to protect and restore landscapes across mountains, rivers, forests, farmland, lakes, grasslands and deserts, has delivered a visible greening signal...

Toronto-based JMIR Publications has just released a new batch of “News and Perspectives” pieces that spotlight how fast-moving health technology research is colliding with everyday...

Boston-area women growing up and living through midlife in socially vulnerable neighborhoods appear to pay a cardiovascular price long before menopause fully arrives, according to...

A new analysis led by Boston University School of Public Health researchers finds that anti-vaccine attitudes, once largely expressed as individual beliefs and public debate,...

The 2026 Ecological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, July 26–31, bringing thousands of researchers together to...

Researchers at ICTA-UAB have released a freely accessible public tool to map vulnerability to climate gentrification across the Barcelona metropolitan area. The platform lets users...

A new study is pushing all-optical computing toward blistering speeds, targeting clock rates near 100 GHz—an advance that could help overcome a long-standing bottleneck in...

Sepsis care may be entering a more physiologic era, as researchers report results from a randomized controlled trial using renal resistive index (RRI) to guide...