Colleges across the United States are facing a looming crisis: The enrollment cliff, a projected decline in college-age students, threatens to shrink college programs and strain budgets. At the same
In recent decades, researchers have consistently explored new ways to tackle the global obesity epidemic. While existing methods show significant results, such as the dramatic, long-term weight loss from bariatric
There’s now data to back up the theory that stressful events like the loss of a loved one can change your heart’s physiology and contribute to atrial fibrillation, heart attacks,
Prostate cancer is one of the primary health scares for aging men, but thankfully, improved testing could soon be on the way. A simple spit test that can be taken
Fine soil particles once encased in ice were discovered in a cave about 20,000 years after the frozen sheet melted. This sediment is significant both for what it tells us
Australia and South America weren’t always so separate. At one time, many millions of years ago, these two continents were connected, along with others, in the southern supercontinent of Gondwana.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 19, May 2025. SignificancePseudomonas aeruginosais a common cause of hospital-related infections and a formidable health threat due to its evolving
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 19, May 2025. SignificanceThe TWIK-2 potassium channel is a member of the two-pore domain potassium (K2P) channel superfamily and a
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 19, May 2025. SignificanceIn forests, nutrient uptake is assumed to occur almost exclusively in soils. As a key limiting nutrient
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 19, May 2025. SignificancePolarons—electronic excitations and the deformations they cause in a host material—are the primary energy carriers in semiconductors.
