Data from the first COVID-19 patients treated at three large Massachusetts hospitals reveal important trends, including disproportionate representation of vulnerable…
New study calculates alarming lifetime risk of death from firearms and drug overdoses in the United States
A new study calculates the lifetime risk of death from firearms and drug overdoses in the United States. The lifetime…
Latif Nasser, Harvard Ph.D., on the Rewards of Being Dumb
They include getting your own Netflix show. Nasser, a science journalist known for his work on “Radiolab,” talked about going…
Words used to describe alcohol intoxication may give clues to drinking habits
Research suggests the language young adults use to describe the effects they feel from drinking may give insight into their…
Team creates better tool to aid COVID-19 diagnosis
A radiologist and an evolutionary anatomist have teamed up to show the same techniques used for research on reptile and…
Toward a coronavirus breathalyzer test
Researchers have developed a prototype device that non-invasively detected COVID-19 in the exhaled breath of infected patients.
New insights into how skin can regenerate after severe burns
New research has made an exciting leap forward in understanding how skin heals, which could lead to drug treatments to…
Speeding up nerve regrowth for trauma patients
Researchers have found a treatment that increases the speed of nerve regeneration by three to five times, leading to much…
Study sheds new light on certainty of opinions
Researchers for years have understood how attitudes held with certainty might predict behavior, but psychologists now suggest there may be…
Understanding the inner workings of the human heart
Researchers used artificial intelligence and genetic analyses to examine the structure of the inner surface of the heart using 25,000…