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The secret to longevity? Ask a yellow-bellied marmot

UCLA-led study shows that aging slows to a crawl when the animals hibernate

WSU Archaeologist Plays Major Role in UN Climate Report

The United Nation’s latest climate change report forecasts bad news for a host of issues from rising food insecurity to increasing social inequality in North America unless steps are taken now to reduce global carbon emissions.

Patient possibly cured of HIV infection by special stem-cell transplant

A patient living with HIV who received a blood stem cell transplant for high-risk acute myeloid leukemia has been free of the virus for 14 months after stopping HIV antiretroviral drug treatment, suggesting a cure, according to the Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian physician-scientists who performed the transplant and managed her care.

‘Bubble-through’ nuclear engine might be a future NASA workhorse

A cutting-edge nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) rocket engine using what’s called centrifugal liquid fuel bubble-through could one day be a ticket for NASA to go directly into deep space.

AI Tool Could Help Plan NYS’s Transition to Clean Electrical Power

Cornell engineers have developed a powerful artificial intelligence tool that could help New York state and other governments plan the transition to a carbon-neutral power sector, using a combination of machine learning and optimization modeling to provide hour-by-hour analysis of the empire state’s energy needs.

Sustainable Groundwater Use Could be Answer to Africa’s Water Issues

Tapping into groundwater can help communities in Africa diversify their water supply and strengthen their drought defenses, according to a study led by scientists at The University of Texas at Austin.

Using Soap to Remove Micropollutants From Water

MIT chemical engineers create affordable, sustainable soap-based system to eliminate emerging micropollutants in water.

Bio-FlatScope dives deep for useful data

Rice team’s lensless camera captures cellular-level, 3D details in living tissue

New responsible data sharing technique will enable better understanding of disease-causing genetic variants

Using federated analysis on protected health data sets can lead scientists to a more nuanced understanding of heritable disease

ASU scientists use satellites in space to measure coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef

Off the coast of Australia, the sixth wonder of the world sits below the waves, both beautiful and critical to our planet.

Researchers discover new tools in regular blood samples for developing precision therapies for lymphoma

Tumour DNA circulating in the bloodstream of patients with aggressive lymphoma has a previously unknown and even crucial role in the identification of effective therapies for this serious disease.

Fire Retardant Coating Shows Protective Potential, Reduced Drawbacks

The treatment has the potential to mitigate the spread and damage of fires.

Increased heat and drought stunt tropical trees, a major carbon sink

UArizona researchers were leaders in a worldwide effort to understand tropical trees and their futures under climate change.

AlphaFold drastically improves artificial intelligence-predicted protein structures

An artificial intelligence system known as AlphaFold has enabled an unprecedented expansion of the knowledge of the structure of tens of thousands of previously unmapped proteins, based merely on their amino acid sequences.