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

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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

Coronavirus

Eating out during the coronavirus looks a little different now

Restaurant owners are looking for — and finding — creative ways to convince patrons that eating out during the coronavirus can be safe.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

A coronavirus-detecting face mask could arrive this summer

Researchers from MIT and Harvard are developing a coronavirus-detecting face mask that gives off a fluorescent signal when it senses the virus.

Kristin Houser

Prosthetics

New exosuit helps stroke survivors walk farther and faster

A new exosuit helps stroke survivors overcome hemiparesis by assisting them in making two key walking motions with their feet.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

New HIV vaccine gives monkeys longer-lasting protection

Scientists have created an HIV vaccine that triggers two types of immune response, providing monkeys with longer-lasting protection from infection.

Kristin Houser

Biology

Stem cell research breakthrough opens path to growing human organs in animals

New stem cell research has revealed a way to coax human cells to grow to maturity in mouse models, a major advance in the field.

Kristin Houser

Virology

A nonthermal plasma field can eliminate 99.9% of airborne viruses

Airborne viruses can be tough to stop. A team at Michigan has developed a device that may stop them cold.

B. David Zarley

Coronavirus

Blood enzyme could explain severe impact of coronavirus in men

A new study suggests that higher concentrations of the ACE2 blood enzyme could explain the particularly deadly impact of the coronavirus in men.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

Why is an antigen test a big deal for COVID-19?

The FDA has issued its first emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 antigen test, a new type of test for diagnosing the coronavirus.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

A nasal spray for coronavirus prevention is in development

Scientists are developing a nasal spray for coronavirus prevention that uses a protein found in red algae to stop the virus from taking hold.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

Doctors test solution for COVID-19 phenomena, silent hypoxia

Doctors treating COVID-19 patients are testing the ability of common blood thinners to address silent hypoxia, one of the disease’s most alarming phenomena.

Kristin Houser

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