Research Headlines

Critical fire weather complicates firefighting efforts in massive Utah wildfire
Sat Jun 27 3:40 pm
Firefighters working on the nation's largest current wildfire, burning in southern Utah, are being challenged by historic weather conditions. Extreme wildfire behavior is expected to continue through the weekend.
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Is a transparent fish the future of brain science? This center is betting on it
Tue Jun 16 5:00 am
One of the world's leading brain research centers is shifting away from fruit flies and toward a tiny, transparent fish. The goal: to understand how brains control the behavior of an animal or human.
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Socioeconomic factors are becoming 'biologically embedded' in children's brains
Thu Jun 11 2:00 pm
A study of more than 2,300 9- to 10-year-olds found that socioeconomic factors explained most differences in the preteens' brain development.
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Bumblebees have tiny brains but they can solve problems like chimps and elephants
Sun Jun 07 5:00 am
New research suggests the fuzzy insects may be capable of spontaneously solving problems the way animals with much larger brains do.
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Scientists in 'autonomous laboratories' are starting to outsource work to robots
Fri Jun 05 5:00 am
Scientists are building autonomous robotic labs powered by artificial intelligence. The goal, they say, is for these robots to take over human researchers' most laborious, time-consuming tasks.
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Researchers say the Trump administration is finding new ways to punish science
Thu May 21 6:00 am
Even with federal grants largely restored, scientists say the Trump administration is still preventing those funds from reaching them. The consequences, they say, are already becoming clear.
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Researchers unearth Southeast Asia's largest dinosaur
Thu May 14 12:47 pm
They're calling it the "last titan" of Thailand. The sauropod — an herbivore with a long neck and tail — comes from the late Early Cretaceous period, some 100 to 120 million years ago.
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A brain-controlled system may help listeners with hearing loss cut through the noise
Thu May 14 7:00 am
A hearing system that monitors brain waves could help people with hearing loss communicate in noisy environments.
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Studying these young Alzheimer's patients led to breakthroughs. Trump cut the funding
Thu May 07 9:32 am
Families with rare gene mutations that cause Alzheimer's in middle age are giving scientists a unique window on the disease, and a quick way to test potential treatments.
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A real-life Kraken stalked the seas of the late Cretaceous
Fri Apr 24 4:03 pm
Researchers discovered evidence of enormous Kraken-like creatures who hunted in the seas some 100 million years ago, competing with large apex predators.
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