Dual approach needed to save sinking cities and bleaching corals

Local conservation can boost the climate resilience of coastal ecosystems, species and cities and buy them…

Machine learning helps plant science turn over a new leaf

Researchers have developed machine-learning algorithms that teach a computer system to analyze three-dimensional shapes of the…

Initiating breastfeeding in vulnerable infants

The benefits of breastfeeding for both mother and child are well-recognized, including for late preterm infants…

New silk materials can wrinkle into detailed patterns, then unwrinkle to be 'reprinted'

Engineers have developed silk materials that can wrinkle into highly detailed patterns — including words, textures…

Treatment for 'low T' could someday come from a single skin cell

Researchers have successfully grown human, testosterone-producing cells in the lab, paving the way to someday treat…

Big data reveals extraordinary unity underlying life's diversity

Limits to growth lie at the heart of how all living things function. The diversity of…

Voltage gated calcium channels 'read' electric patterns in embryos to create cartilage and bone

Scientists have revealed how the electrical patterns formed within an embryo initiate a cascade of molecular…

Coordinated care model leads to decreases in unscheduled, preventable hospitalizations

Oregon Medicaid enrollees are less likely to make unscheduled trips to the hospital following the implementation…

Paralyzed man hails 'feat' of walking again with robot exoskeleton

The French tetraplegic man who has been able to walk again using a pioneering four-limb robotic…

Revamped crew scheduling model cuts airline delays by as much as 30%

Delays and disruptions in airline operations annually result in billions of dollars of additional costs to…