Category: 4. Health

The researchers found that after six months on diets with varying amounts of sweet foods, study participants’ preference for sweetness stayed the same, no matter how much sweet-tasting foods they ate.

“We also found that diets with lower or higher dietary sweetness were not associated…

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection caused by helminths, a type of worm. Infection occurs during contact with infested water through…

What’s more, replacing any form of potatoes with whole grains was associated with a lower type 2 diabetes risk, but swapping them for white rice was linked to an increased risk, the results…

NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer ended its mission to the Moon on July 31. Despite extensive efforts, mission operators were unable to establish two-way communications after losing contact with the spacecraft the day following its Feb. 26 launch.

The mission aimed to produce high-resolution maps of water on the Moon’s surface and determine what form…

One of the holy grails of biology is digitally simulating a living cell. If researchers can use computers to more accurately understand how new medicines would react in the body, that could give them greater confidence when they’re tested on animals and humans.

But while large language models have led to breakthroughs in modeling how proteins act, applying the same technology to simulating…

Starting college is often an important transition within the relationships between students and their parents. A 2024 report on Forbes.com discussed three ways that parents can have unique impacts on college students and highlighted how supportive parents can help students reduce stress and burnout. However, some students present to campus counseling centers and report stressful relationships with their parents. Common examples of these stressful…

While Dimitris Fotis Sakellariou and Kris Pahuja both shared a passion for playing music, what ultimately brought them together was an opportunity to use artificial intelligence to advance the field of brain science. Sakellariou’s medical research and deep technical skills coupled with Pahuja’s AI strategy and product credentials were the…

The average American gets more than half their calories in a day from ultra-processed foods, according to new data published by the CDC. According to the report, between August 2021-2023, the average percentage of calories consumed from UPFs by Americans aged 1 and older was 55%. For those between the ages of 1 to…