Health

The future of fertility, from artificial wombs to AI-assisted IVF

A look back at the history of infertility treatments and ahead to the tech that could change everything we thought we knew about reproduction.

Kristin Houser

Overlay of hands and abstract patterns in purple and blue tones, symbolizing hope for Parkinson's cure.

Drugs

The exciting research that may cure Parkinson’s

GeneCode is developing a drug it hopes won’t just alleviate Parkinson’s symptoms but also protect and restore patient’s neural health.

Kevin Dickinson

A child sitting on a couch in a dimly lit room, holding and looking intently at a tablet, as if testing the Goldilocks hypothesis for the perfect screen brightness.

Mental Health

Beyond screen time: Rethinking kids’ tech use with the “Goldilocks hypothesis”

The “Goldilocks hypothesis” asks parents to think beyond screen time and consider the habits that teens build around technology use.

Kevin Dickinson

Drugs

Scientists want to study your at-home psychedelic mushroom experiences

Scientists are looking for people planning to trip on psychedelic mushrooms for a new study focused on people’s “real-world” experiences with psilocybin.

Kristin Houser

Biology

Fecal transplant cures man whose gut made him drunk

A fecal transplant cured a man of auto-brewery syndrome, a rare condition in which the gut converts carbs into alcohol, making a person feel drunk.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

Can the common cold help battle COVID-19?

The common cold can be caused by a coronavirus. New research suggests the immune response it causes may help protect against COVID-19.

B. David Zarley

Biology

Study may explain why cancer gets more aggressive as we age

A molecule in the blood of older people promotes the spread of cancer, which could explain the link between age and metastatic cancer.

Kristin Houser

Using smartphone cameras to detect diabetes

A new algorithm can detect diabetes using data collected by a smartphone’s camera, offering a way to address the problem of undiagnosed diabetes.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

Who should get the COVID-19 vaccine first?

The COVID-19 vaccine will likely be rationed. Who will be first on the list to receive it?

Teresa Carey

Coronavirus

Open-source COVID-19 saliva test could be a game changer

SalivaDirect, a COVID-19 saliva test funded by the NBA and NBA players’ union, could be the cheap, accurate testing method the U.S. desperately needs.

Kristin Houser

Biology

This smart pill could unlock mysteries of the human gut

A new smart pill can be programmed to collect gut microbiome samples from anywhere along the GI tract — overcoming a major research problem.

Kristin Houser

Sports

AI force plate prevents injuries by predicting them

Sparta Science has developed an AI-powered force plate system that prevents injuries among athletes and soldiers by predicting their likelihood.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

Doctors spray chemo inside abdominal cancer patients

For the first time, a U.S. trial will test the ability of an experimental cancer treatment called PIPAC to help late-stage abdominal cancer patients.

Kristin Houser

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