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Healthcare improvements in rural Madagascar 

October 24, 2025

A group of researchers, including the Prime Minister of Madagascar, completed data collection over 10 years showing that implementation of a health system strengthening initiative improves patient outcomes.

Tracing Mosquito Evolution: Uncovering the Genetics of Disease Spread

October 02, 2025

New genetic research shows that mosquitoes have evolved and moved across the globe, picking up new tricks to spread dangerous diseases such as dengue fever along the way.

A microbial chocolate factory 

September 29, 2025

Scientists define the chemical and biological processes underlying cocoa bean fermentation in chocolate production.

Does keeping cool keep you young? How climate change affects aging.

September 12, 2025

Recent study identifies that heat waves pose a similar threat to public health as smoking tobacco or drinking alcohol.

A Team of Robots Designed to Explore Space Caves

August 21, 2025

Scientists have designed robots to autonomously map underground tunnels, with the eventual goal of sending these cave-explorers to other planets.

A new nickel-based superconductor exhibits high-quality, high-temperature superconductivity

August 19, 2025

A new material in a high-temperature, nickel-based superconductor family has been successfully made.

Our own gut microbes may hold the key to removing harmful pollutants from our body

August 01, 2025

Researchers show that microbes in our guts can accumulate and help remove ingested pollutants

Education itself at the root of the math gender gap

July 30, 2025

A massive study reveals four months after starting school, the gender gap in math appears

Meet the Solar-Powered Sea Slug that Performs “Animal Photosynthesis”

July 16, 2025

Scientists discover that a species of sea slug eats algae and repurposes the chloroplasts to perform photosynthesis in its own body.

Vitamin D supplementation improves a biomarker of aging, but will it make you live longer?

June 24, 2025

Clinical trial shows that vitamin D supplementation improves one marker of aging