Cortisol Kill-Switch: Exercise Rewires Stress Biology

Summary: We’ve long known that a run can clear your head, but a landmark one-year randomized clinical trial has finally mapped the long-term biological “why.” The study is the first…

AI Restores Voices Through Microscopic Neck Movements

Summary: Imagine speaking in total silence and having a machine recreate your exact voice in real-time. Researchers have developed a wearable “Multiaxial Strain Mapping Sensor” that reads microscopic movements in…

An endangered mouse may need a helping hand to adapt to climate change

A tiny mouse on the brink of extinction in coastal California may be able to adapt to a hotter world — though it might need a little help.  Genetic analyses of critically…

Music Corrects the Brain’s “Glitched” Predictions

Summary: In a creative shift for psychiatric research, a study suggests that songwriting and group music-making can help people with psychosis re-connect with reality. The research explores the concept of…

Sandra Varga – Functional Ecologists

In this blog post, we hear from our newest Senior Editor, Sandra Varga! Sandra – an Associate Professor at the University of Lincoln, UK – is an evolutionary ecologist interested…

Case Western Reserve Researchers Using AI at Hair-Width Scale to Reveal Renaissance Master’s Hidden Hand

Newswise — CLEVELAND—Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) researchers are using artificial intelligence (AI) and physics at the width of a single hair to peer into the surface of Renaissance paintings,…

Landing astronauts on the moon ‘is absolutely doable, and it’s doable soon,’ NASA’s Artemis 2 commander says

The astronauts who flew NASA’s Artemis 2 mission around the moon splashed down less than a week ago — and they’re back at work helping the agency prepare for the…

Traces of legendary multi-shot Roman weapon found in Pompeii

Marks in the walls of Pompeii are drawing attention from researchers studying how Roman forces attacked the city in 89 BC. Some of those marks may point to the use…

Stressed Out? Diverse Gut Bacteria Might Be to Blame

Summary: Does the community of bacteria in your gut determine how you handle a high-pressure situation? A new study provides fresh evidence that the human gut microbiome is intrinsically linked…

Cannabis sales and use are high in Michigan – but federal law means research lags behind

Have you been to a licensed cannabis dispensary lately? My team and I often visit them in the Greater Lansing area to invite cannabis users to participate in our studies.…