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Rutgers Lipid Research Symposium Connects Scientists Across Disciplines to Advance Discovery
More than 100 researchers, industry scientists, and students gathered at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH) on November 6 for the 11th annual symposium of the Rutgers Center for Lipid Research (RCLR). Themed “Lipids in Physiology: From Membranes to Metabolism,” the symposium provided a forum for established and emerging investigators from […]
Scientists discover two adorable species of howler monkey in the Amazon
A genetic analysis has identified two previously unrecognized species of howler monkey that change these primates' evolutionary tree.
A Nearby Exploding Supernova Will Peak Within Days, And You Can Help Scientists With Their Observations
Scientists at the Worldwide Observatory are keeping a close eye on the supernova, but scientists are encouraging anyone with a small telescope to also take a peek.
Scientists Find Zombie Star That Sends a Signal Every 7.9 Minutes
The star is is pulsing like clockwork thousands of light-years away.
Scientists Figured Out Why We Feel Colder As We Age
Our built-in furnace loses some punch over time.
Stanford Scientists Intrigued by Method for Bringing Bleached Coral Back to Life
Thanks to a fortunate lab accident, scientists may have just stumbled upon a clever way to bring bleached corals back to life.
Scientists successfully swap all fish products in aquafeed to boost sustainable fish farming
Global fish production and consumption have hit new heights, according to the United Nations. People worldwide are consuming much more fish per capita, and more than 23 million people now work in the ...
Science got a lifeline: Now comes the hard part.
One of the most maddening things that has happened in the last two years of Trump 2.0 has been the gutting of medical research. Since losing my husband to colon cancer and my sister to pancreatic cancer, as well as many friends to various cancers and other diseases, supporting science and scientists has become a mission for me. That’s one reason I co-founded Stand Up To Cancer in 2008 — to raise money and awareness for cancer research and encourage scientists to collaborate instead of compete, which was a novel idea back then. If two heads were better than one, we reckoned that ten heads were better than two. So we organized our scientists and researchers into “dream teams” where they could share ideas and approaches and move science forward faster. Our work has been fruitful — we have raised over $800 million, and our research has contributed to several new FDA-approved drugs, like Keytruda. But I know very well that we have miles to go before we sleep and so much work to do when it comes to all kinds of diseases that take the lives of far too many Americans every year — often in the prime of their lives. So when the Trump administration started cutting our scientific infrastructure, it made me crazy. Clinical trials were stopped midstream, labs were abandoned, Ph.D. programs were dismantled, and talented scientists with potentially lifesaving ideas were left unfunded and dejected. In fact, many left their fields altogether or moved to countries where their work would be more valued and supported, financially and otherwise. That’s why, amid all the post-election analysis, I’ve been especially interested in what the midterms could mean for the future of American science. With Democrats winning both chambers of Congress, there’s finally an opportunity to push back against the Trump administration’s attacks on scientific research and public health. Will anything change now that a whole slew of new sheriffs is in town? My friend Dr. Jeremy Faust recently posed this question to a group of physicians, researchers, and health policy experts for his newsletter, Inside Medicine: What could the new Congress realistically accomplish with President Trump still in the White House? Jeremy asked me, too.
Limit of light: US scientists reveal why no material can ever be 100% transparent
No material can be completely transparent because quantum interactions inevitably cause light to lose energy as it passes through matter.
Mysterious space object accelerates toward Earth as scientists debate
Harvard professor of science Avi Loeb joins 'America Reports' to discuss a mysterious object in space accelerating as it nears Earth.
Scientists Discovered a ‘Dark Magic Mushroom’ in Florida, and It’s Potentially Deadly
Researchers found a Florida mushroom containing both psilocybin and potentially lethal toxins, earning it a sinister nickname.
Where does a littered plastic bottle go? Scientists tracked hundreds with GPS tags and found out
The experiment involved 390 bottles in creeks and rivers in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Miami, Boston and other cities.
Scientists Fear 'Mirror Life' Could End Humanity, But We May Now Be Able to Detect It
We're through the looking-glass.
Scientists Fear 'Mirror Life' Could End Humanity, But We May Now Be Able to Detect It
We're through the looking-glass.
New twist flips ‘magic’ material from superconductor to insulator
Scientists at the UW have used strain to switch the properties of a magic material: a moiré pattern made from bilayer graphene.
Five female scientists you should have been taught about
Honouring some of science's greatest women
What science can tell us about the art of conversation
Scientists at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire say they have discovered a telltale sign of an enjoyable conversation. Apparently the secret of a mutually satisfying chat is a healthy dose of pink noise. Guardian science editor Ian Sample tells co-host Madeleine Finlay how this concept usually associated with physics can be applied to conversation, and what the secret to pinkifying our chats could be.
From Science to Policy
The AMS Policy Fellowship is helping two scientists bridge the gap between scientific research and public decision-making, bringing new perspectives to challenges involving weather, climate…
Scientists predicted doomsday for this Friday the 13th in 1960
More than six decades ago, three scientists made a startling calculation that pointed to an extraordinary date in human history. Using population growth trends, they predicted that humanity would reac...
Scientists Predicted “Doomsday” Would Arrive Today
Apparently, the world is ending today as we are all squeezed to death by overpopulation. At least, that’s what was predicted would happen by researchers in the 1960s.
Scientists discover a hidden danger of viral infections that vaccines may prevent
A new study reveals that viral infections may leave behind hidden damage to the immune system long after symptoms disappear. Researchers found that mice recovering from an acute infection experienced lasting changes to their spleens and weakened immune responses, potentially leaving them more vulnerable to future threats. Surprisingly, prior vaccination completely prevented these harmful changes in the mouse model.
Superheated magma could fuel towering lava fountains
Why do some volcanoes erupt with spectacular lava fountains while others release lava more quietly? Scientists have discovered that a hidden effect of extreme heat inside magma may help explain the difference. Experiments revealed that superheated magma can delay crystal formation for more than eight hours, compared with just 20 minutes in magma that has not been superheated.
The XI USERN Congress
USERN (Universal Scientific Education and Research Network) is a worldwide network of scientists from all disciplines, counting over 26,000 members in over 100 countries.
Scientists Predicted Doomsday for November 13, 2026—They Got It All Wrong
In November 1960, physicist Heinz von Foerster and two colleagues predicted the world would end on Friday, November 13, 2026.
In book talk, political scientists trace political strife back to 1960s
At an event hosted by the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, two political scientists discussed their latest book, which argued that today’s political divisions can be traced back to how Americans reacted to the tumult of the 1960s.
In book talk, political scientists trace political strife back to 1960s
At an event hosted by the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, two political scientists discussed their latest book, which argued that today’s political divisions can be traced back to how Americans reacted to the tumult of the 1960s.
Why Medicine Needs More Physician-Scientists
A young woman arrived at the emergency room unable to breathe. Her case shows why medicine needs more doctors who are also scientists.
Scientists unveil first comprehensive atlas of basal ganglia cell types
Capturing a complete picture of what causes brain diseases from schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease to addiction has long remained a challenge to scientists.
Something Strange and Massive Is Lurking Beyond Neptune, and Scientists Don’t Know What It Is
Astronomers discovered a strange object beyond Neptune with a backward orbit, raising questions about where it came from.
Scientists Trap a Single Antimatter Particle for Months in Quest To Solve the Universe’s Biggest Mystery
A single particle of antimatter, suspended for months in a laboratory trap, could help physicists unravel why matter survived to build the universe around us. Northwestern University physicists have brought a positron, the electron’s antimatter counterpart, into a precisely controlled quantum state for the first time. After capturing the energetic particle from radioactive decay, they
Scientists and the general public define science very differently
Scientists and the public agreed that science takes curiosity and detective work. They differed on how much it depends on creativity, judgment and established methods.
Platinum use in science extends beyond measurement standards
Platinum and platinum group metals are widely used in advanced scientific instrumentation because of their unique combination of chemical inertness, thermal stability and resistance to degradation, characteristics that help maintain accuracy and performance over long periods. The World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) explains that the role of platinum in scientific discovery extends beyond measurement standards, noting that it is also helping scientists observe phenomena at the very limits of human understanding.
Scientists predicted ‘Friday 13 November 2026’ would be ‘doomsday.’ Should you be worried?
Friday the 13th could be the end of the world — at least according to a scientific prediction made in 1960. Scientists even pinpointed Nov. 13, 2026, as “doomsday.” So how did they arrive at that chilling date, and should we be worried? The surprising story behind the prediction.
Climate change made Indonesian fires more severe, scientists say
By David Stanway SINGAPORE, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Wildfires that hit large parts of Indonesia from August to October and plunged much of Southeast Asia into hazardous smoke were made much worse by "
Despite a 1960 doomsday prediction, the world won't end today
In 1960, three scientists predicted that the world would end on November 13, 2026, due to overpopulation. Here's why they were wrong.
Scientists Discover California Has Way More Bugs Than Anyone Imagined
California is teeming with thousands of insect species science has yet to name, and its wild places hold more distinct worlds of tiny creatures than researchers realized. California is home to an astonishing variety of insects, from the deserts of the Mojave to the forests of the Sierra Nevada. But scientists are discovering that the
News10: Beyond The Headlines: Meteorologist explains science behind forecasting for Upstate New York
Television meteorologists are scientists at heart. They compare models and trends to ultimately boil down their findings into a two-and-a-half-minute forecast for TV.
Chinese scientists cool atoms to near absolute zero in record-breaking space experiment
Scientists on China's Tiangong space station used a laser trap to cool a clump of atoms to just above absolute zero, setting a new record.
Jeremy Nathans: A Life in Science Decoding the Machinery of Sight
HHMI Investigator Emeriti Jeremy Nathans has spent the past four and a half decades studying the genes and signals that shape vision — and the diseases that threaten it. This story is part of a series exploring the careers of HHMI scientists.
The diamond paradox: Scientists describe the path to the most stable structure
Researchers from Skoltech (part of the VEB.RF Group) and MISIS University have figured out why graphite turns into an unexpected form of diamond under high pressure. Instead of the familiar cubic diamond, ...
Scientists Just Found a New World of Magnetism We’ve Never Seen Before
Altermagnets blend traits of two magnetic opposites, and they could power tomorrow’s quantum devices.
Scientists create largest-ever map of brain region tied to Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia and autism
An international consortium presents the most detailed cellular atlas yet of the basal ganglia, a brain structure that may hold crucial clues to neurological and psychiatric disorders
Fong Introduces Bill to Strengthen Workforce Pipelines for American Scientists and Engineers
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressmen Vince Fong (CA-20) and Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) introduced the Promoting High-skilled Doctoral Talent (PHD Talent) Act of 2026, bipartisan legislation to build accelerated pathways that
Scientists Have Identified the Most Beautiful Girl's Name in the World — and It's a Timeless Classic
Naming a human is glamorous in theory, chaotic in practice. Science have identified that there is a most beautiful name in the world – at least according to the numbers. A study out of the University of Birmingham, commissioned by UK baby brand My 1st Years, crowned one clear winner among girls. Step forward, Sofia....
Scientists claim the universe is twice as old as believed
The universe could be 26.7 billion years old, almost twice as old as scientists generally believe, according to a researcher at the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) who says his model also works without...
Pioneering researcher at UPenn transformed scientists' understanding of brain diseases
November is National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, and in this week's Art of Aging, we meet a pioneering researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, a woman whose work has transformed scientists' understanding of diseases of the brain.
Scientists Developed a Plant-Based Alternative to The Plastic Inside Your Coffee Cup
Potentially healthier for both the environment and ourselves.
Seattle scientists help unveil ‘landmark’ findings on human brain
Over 200 scientists, including at the Allen Institute in Seattle, have unveiled the most detailed map yet of a key region in the human brain.
AI is disrupting math. Is science next?
Mathematicians will remember 2026 as the year AI changed everything about their field. Scientists may be next in line for disruption
Students creating documentaries with scientists deepens STEM belonging and public trust in science
This article by Dena K. Seidel, Rutgers University, first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission.
Scientists Catch a Rare Glimpse of a Fish With a See-Through Head
A barreleye’s peepers watch from inside its head
Europe’s Hera mission is ready to double down on asteroid science
Europe’s Hera spacecraft is just beginning its exploration of the binary asteroid Didymos in a mission that’s tantalizing scientists on two fronts.
Despite intense Islamophobia, Abdul El-Sayed and dozens of other Muslims elected representatives are breaking down barriers
Three political scientists found that visible Muslim representation can make public institutions seem fairer and encourage Muslim Americans to participate in politics.
There’s One Thing That Separates Us From Self-Driving Cars. Scientists Are Fighting Over What It Is.
Many theories about consciousness ask how it works, but a new study tries to pin down an equally important question: Where is it located?
There’s One Thing That Separates Us From Self-Driving Cars. Scientists Are Fighting Over What It Is.
Many theories about consciousness ask how it works, but a new study tries to pin down another side of the question.
Scientists Solved the Mystery of Why Some People Shiver in the Cold While Others Wear Shorts
Experiments in mice suggest that testosterone and a molecular cold sensor shape who reaches for the parka.
Through Mentorship Program, Pew Scientists Cultivate Community and Career Growth
Each year, Pew’s biomedical programs support a new group of early-career researchers who are taking innovative and creative approaches to advancing biomedical science.
Crows can make decisions twice as fast as humans, scientists discover
Crows may be even smarter than we thought, and their brains are astonishingly fast. Researchers at the University of Tübingen discovered that crows can make visual decisions twice as quickly as humans and monkeys, taking just 235 milliseconds on average to identify the direction of moving dots while maintaining remarkable accuracy.
How UK scientists are helping the MMX space mission grab the best sample of soil from Mars’ moon Phobos
Japan’s MMX mission will try to solve the mystery of how Mars’ two moons formed.
Scientists Find Out-of-Body Experiences May Occur Between Sleep And Waking
An uncanny state that is somehow both or neither.
Young scientists shine at Little House in the Desert science fair
EPHRATA — From erupting volcanoes and bouncing salt grains to homemade cleaners and Minecraft-inspired electrical circuits, students put curiosity on display Saturday as Little House in the Desert hosted its fifth annual homeschool science fair. The event brought together students from preschool through high school, allowing them to explore questions that interested them and present their findings to judges and visitors. Projects ranged from testing bacteria-killing cleaners to examining chicken breeds, air pressure, water filtration and sound vibrations. For organizer Hannah Gustafson, watching children learn through experimentation is exactly what the annual event is all about.
Newly elected doctors and scientists hope to restore trust in science. It won't be easy
Scores of doctors and scientists were elected last week. Will trust in science follow?
How social scientists are helping our chemistry research ...
Interdisciplinary collaboration gave Switzerland's NCCR Catalysis a new perspective on what sustainable chemistry really requires
Scientists say barriers to sustainable chemistry lie beyond the lab
Survey sparks call to reform how chemistry research is funded, published and rewarded
Why were so many health professionals elected in 2026?
The 2026 midterm election results brought a lot of changes to the federal and state government positions, one change being the number of healthcare professionals that ran for office, according to a CNN report. The COVID-19 pandemic and its handling along with federal cuts to research funding in 2025 mobilized many health professionals and scientists...
What is science? Even scientists can't agree
Scientists spend their careers trying to understand the world, but a new study suggests they have surprisingly different ideas about what science itself is. The study, published in Royal Society Open ...
Scientists find some of the 'very last wild and healthy ecosystems' in the world's oceans untouched by humans
Humans have left their mark on virtually every place on the planet, from the deep sea to the peaks of the highest mountains. But a few very remote atolls in the Pacific Ocean may be exceptions. A new ...
More important than tropical cyclones: Scientists finally track the hidden weather systems behind most tropical rainfall
For the first time, researchers in Australia have identified and tracked the weather systems that are collectively more important to rainfall across the tropics than tropical cyclones. The work, published ...
The Grand Canyon is missing over a billion years of rocks. Now scientists know why.
The mission 1.2 billion years of geological history at the Grand Canyon finally has an explanation.
Scientists discover one of world’s oldest insects in museum
Scientists have identified one of the oldest known insects in the world, a 324-million-year-old fossil that sat in storage at the San Diego Natural History Museum for decades after being classified as...
SPARK at USC Helps Scientists Move Discoveries from the Lab to Patients - USC Viterbi
The new program gives early-stage USC and CHLA teams funding, mentoring and a practical road map for turning promising biomedical research into potential treatments
Scientists challenge the dream of bringing extinct species back to life
Could extinction itself become a thing of the past? Advances in biotechnology, including ancient DNA sequencing, genome analysis and gene editing, have led some to believe that it may be possible to bring ...
Scientists Discovered An ‘Invisible’ Object In Space. It’s Challenging Our Understanding of the Cosmos
It's likely an ultra-rare supermassive neutron star.
OceanHackWeek Comes To Canada With Open Science Focus At BMSC
Canada's inaugural OceanHackWeek brought 22 participants from across North America to Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre in August 2026, combining hands-on data science tutorials with field access to ocean research infrastructure including ONC's NEPTUNE observatory and the newly completed PEARL laboratory.
Canada's First OceanHackWeek Unites Marine Scientists and Data Experts at Bamfield
Canada's inaugural OceanHackWeek brought 22 participants from across North America to Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre in August 2026, combining hands-on data science tutorials with field access to ocean research infrastructure including ONC's NEPTUNE observatory and the newly completed PEARL laboratory.
Scientists find ‘last wild and healthy ecosystems' left on planet
Scientists say the remote atolls teem with life across habitats, and may serve as reference to what has been lost elsewhere. The post Scientists find ‘last wild and healthy ecosystems’ left on planet ...
Female Birds Are Dying Younger Than Males, and Scientists May Have Found Out Why
Female birds face a surprising survival disadvantage, especially those making long-distance migrations.
Scientists check their work and confirm it with update on iconic black hole image
And find they were right all along
Did comets bring building blocks of life to Earth? Scientists aren't so sure anymore
With comets out of the picture, attention now turns to asteroids or even Earth itself as the source of prebiotic chemistry.
Scientists Measure Gravitational Pull Between The Smallest Objects Yet in Quest For Quantum Gravity
Closer than ever.
Scientists Finally Figured Out How Octopuses Squeeze Through Tiny Holes. And They Have the Footage to Prove It
Scientists filmed the step-by-step moves behind an octopus's seemingly impossible escape.
Scientists Breed A Hybrid Malaria Parasite In The Belly Of A Mosquito To Build A Better Vaccine
Malaria killed more than 600,000 people in 2024, most of them children in sub-Saharan Africa.
'Fossil record' in stored blood samples lets scientists trace leukemia back decades before diagnosis
Scientists have reconstructed how acute myeloid leukemia (AML) develops over the decades before diagnosis, showing that in two-thirds of cases the first cancer-driving mutation had been acquired before ...
Florida's 'dark magic' mushrooms have a deadly combination of chemicals never seen before
Scientists have discovered that a known mushroom, Galerina indica, contains both psychedelic chemicals and deadly toxins.
A Mysterious Asteroid Is Accelerating Through Space, and Scientists Don’t Know Why
Scientists thought hidden ice might explain a strange asteroid's acceleration. New research suggests something else is at work.
Scientists Just Discovered a Giant 66-Pound Rodent That Roamed Earth 35 Million Years Ago
Two fossilized teeth discovered in Thailand revealed a previously unknown giant rodent that may have weighed roughly 66 pounds.
Scientists Are Studying How Ecosystems Form on the World’s Largest Artificial Reef
Following the sinking of the SS United States, researchers will track how marine life, microbes, and chemistry build a new reef from the ground up
Scientists Have Hunted Dark Energy for Decades. They May Be Chasing a Cosmic Ghost.
A new study finds a mathematical solution for the universe’s expansion within the original work of Albert Einstein.
Scientists Have Hunted Dark Energy for Decades. They May Be Chasing a Cosmic Ghost.
A new study finds a mathematical solution for the universe’s expansion within the original work of Albert Einstein.
Science For The People, Right On!
Recent elections mean scientists will return to research and leadership roles, so that forward-looking innovations can resume.
US scientists uncover how iridium crystal faces impact reactions
Scientists at the ANL compared different crystal faces of iridium to arrive at benchmark data on the surface behaviors.
Climate change is literally changing the way Earth spins, scientists warn
Geophysical Research Letters study used polar motion to check groundwater depletion estimates, linking lost underground water to nearly 80 centimeters of rotational-pole drift.
NASA reveals Earth's ozone hole has grown to a size not seen in a decade
The Antarctic ozone hole expanded to its seventh-largest size on record in 2026, driven by unusual weather conditions that pushed it close to its historic maximum. Scientists say international restrictions on ozone-destroying chemicals prevented even greater damage, and Earth's protective ozone layer is still recovering.
The mystery of how hair knows where to grow may finally be solved
Scientists have discovered that the intricate patterns of hair follicles on mammals may arise from a remarkably simple process involving cells following chemical signals. The findings challenge a long-standing theory and reveal how nature can create complex biological patterns without a detailed blueprint.
Tattoos Affect Your Immune System in Ways Scientists Are Only Beginning to Understand
You should be aware of the risks.
Scientists find deadly virus DNA hidden in 1,000-year-old manuscripts
Ancient manuscripts, including the 1,000-year-old York Gospels, have revealed traces of a deadly sheep virus whose history stretches back more than 3,700 years. Scientists discovered that the virus has remained remarkably unchanged for millennia, turning historic parchment into an unexpected record of ancient disease outbreaks.
HIV was supposed to kill them. Now they could help scientists find a cure.
People known as “elite controllers” can keep the virus at bay for decades. What can their immune systems teach us?
Earth's rocks are missing about a billion years. Scientists finally know where it went
It's one of geology's deepest mysteries.