MAHA report on children’s health highlights harms of ultraprocessed foods – a food scientist explains the research

On May 22, 2025, the White House released a new report highlighting what it claims are the causes of chronic disease in children. The report fleshes out many of the…

Panel recommends statins for adults with HIV at risk for cardiovascular disease

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In February 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Panel for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Adults and Adolescents with HIV (ARV Guidelines…

Novel elastic alloy achieves 20x temperature change and 90% Carnot efficiency in solid-state heat pumping

Key idea and candidate materials for large thermoelastic effect (TeE). Credit: HKUST Researchers at the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed…

Over 1,200 archaeological sites identified in the Bayuda Desert

Archaeologists have identified over 1,200 archaeological sites during an exploration project of Sudan’s Bayuda Desert. The project, involving the University of Wrocław, the Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University…

Proposed wave energy park could generate power while shielding Portuguese coastline

Is Venus hiding dangerous asteroids?

Most of the solar system’s asteroids are in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter. However, others are co-orbital with planets, like the Jupiter Trojans, which form two groups: one…

First-of-its-kind measurement may help physicists learn about gluons, which hold together nuclei in atoms

The GlueX detector system. Credit: Jefferson Lab photo/Aileen Devlin A team of physicists has embarked on a journey where few others have gone: into the glue that binds atomic nuclei.…

It’s still easy to trick most AI chatbots into providing harmful information, study finds

Credit: AI-generated image A group of AI researchers at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, in Israel, has found that despite efforts by large language model (LLM) makers, most commonly…

High rates of opioid use found in NZ pregnancies

Graphical abstract. Credit: Anesthesiology (2025). DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000005418 Aotearoa New Zealand has the third highest prevalence of prescribed opioid use during pregnancy in a new multi-national study of 13 high-income countries.…

Nitrous Oxide Unlocks Blood-Brain Barrier for Safer Gene Delivery

Summary: Researchers have discovered that nitrous oxide can safely enhance the delivery of gene therapy to the brain by making the blood-brain barrier (BBB) more permeable when paired with focused…