Surviving lung cancer focused Morhaf Al Achkar’s career on addressing health disparities
Something felt wrong during one of Morhaf Al Achkar’s regular runs on the treadmill in late 2016. He started gasping for breath.
Obesity drugs aren’t always forever. What happens when you quit?
Many researchers think that Wegovy and Ozempic should be taken for life, but myriad factors can force people off them.
Satellite Events Connect Physicists Around the World to the March Meeting
Sites in seven countries expanded opportunities to participate and collaborate.
This fMRI technique promised to transform brain research — why can no one replicate it?
The DIANA technique sparked excitement from neuroscientists. But two new papers have cast doubt over the results.
Eavesdropping on fish could help us keep better tabs on underwater worlds
Scientists are on a quest to log all the sounds of fish communication. The result could lead to better monitoring of ecosystems and fish behavior.
Building a Quantum Workforce Doesn’t Just Mean Graduating More Ph.D.s
To bring millions of new technology workers into the fold, nations must cast a wide net.
Daddy longlegs look like they have two eyes. That doesn’t count the hidden ones
Two sets of vestigial eyes shed light on the arachnids’ evolutionary history
More than 1 billion people worldwide are now estimated to have obesity
The chronic disease affects roughly one-eighth of the global population
Is ChatGPT making scientists hyper-productive? The highs and lows of using AI
Large language models are transforming scientific writing and publishing. But the productivity boost that these tools bring could come with a downside.
How cancer hijacks the nervous system to grow and spread
A new wave of research is unpicking the relationship between cancer and neurons — and looking for ways to stop the crosstalk.
Parrots can move along thin branches using ‘beakiation’
The sidestep involves shuffling across the underside of a branch using both feet and the beak
Lifestyle Changes to Ease Dementia Symptoms
These approaches can support healthy brain aging and prolong everyday function
Getting under the skin
Amid an insulin crisis, one project aims to engineer microscopic insulin pumps out of a skin bacterium.
This group of bizarre gut microbes is unexpectedly complex
Protists’ food preferences shape their interactions with bacteria and affect host immunity.
‘ChatGPT detector’ catches AI-generated papers with unprecedented accuracy
Tool based on machine learning uses features of writing style to distinguish between human and AI authors.
New tech 3-D prints ouchless COVID-19 vaccine patches
The tabletop printer could make this and other vaccines more accessible across the globe
Inflammation in severe COVID linked to bad fungal microbiome
An overabundant ‘mycobiota’ in the gut might be involved in triggering harmful immune responses.
How to build a successful science writing internship program
Creating an internship program from scratch — or revamping an existing one — is a daunting task for any publication or institution.