High school students with disabilities achieve better outcomes in inclusive academic settings

Indiana high school students with disabilities who spent 80 percent of their educational time in general…

Landscape and climate factors can predict prevalence of Lyme disease bacteria

By developing predictive models that incorporate climate and landscape variables, researchers have accurately forecasted the prevalence…

Beyond AlphaFold: A.I. excels at creating new proteins

Over the past two years, machine learning has revolutionized protein structure prediction. Now there’s a similar…

Heart of our evolution discovered: 380-million-year-old heart

Researchers have discovered a 380-million-year-old heart — the oldest ever found — alongside a separate fossilized…

Repeated infections associated with increased risk of some neurodegenerative diseases

Infections treated with specialty hospital care in early- and mid-life are associated with an increased subsequent…

Study predicts whether rapid tests will be able to detect future SARS-CoV-2 variants

The availability of rapid antigen tests has significantly advanced efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19,…

Nerve healing: Neighboring cells become police force — and could make tumors benign

Scientists show that Schwann cells take over functions of immune cells in nerve healing. Similar mechanisms…

Discovery of extinct prehistoric reptile that lived among dinosaurs

Researchers have discovered a new extinct species of lizard-like reptile that belongs to the same ancient…

molecular origin of the genetic disease cystinosis revealed

The rare genetic disease cystinosis is caused by mutations in the gene for a protein called…

Nanoplastics can disrupt human liver, lung cells' processes in lab experiments

What happens when people unknowingly eat, drink or inhale nearly invisible pieces of plastic? Although it’s…