The study sought to answer questions about how breast cancer risk differs by type of hormonal contraceptive. Doctors say the ...

Forced displacement has surged in recent years, fueling a global crisis. Over the past decade, the number of displaced people ...

A University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led study has produced a detailed blueprint of a bacteriophage, furthering their ...

A new study find that ice might actually be slippery due to the orientation of the dipoles in the material and how they align ...

Societal challenges, from climate change to public health crises to advancements in AI, have been intrinsically linked with scientific progress for generations. But as politics become more polarized, ...

In light of the ongoing fifteen-year megadrought in Chile, an international team of researchers, including Francesca ...

What prompted the idea for the course? A colleague in the sociology department used to teach a course using a film genre from the 1940s and 1950s that presented a bleak view of modern societies. I ...

Much research has been conducted to understand how people perceive and benefit from public goods. However, the effect of ...

Rachel Feltman: Hey, it’s Rachel, and I am here in a bunny suit at MIT.nano with Professor Vladimir Bulović, who is going to show us around. Vladimir Bulović: Well, it’s a pleasure to ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Thirteen-lined ground squirrels hibernate for more than half of each year. Studying their extreme behavior has yielded biological insights and could lead to biomedical breakthroughs. Credit: Tyler ...