In India, criminal politicians increase crime, including crime against women, researcher finds

Researchers find one core element of storytelling — narrative reversals — helps predict a story’s success with audiences.

Wireless gear shifting systems on bikes can be hacked, new study finds

Exploring the ecosystems of farms, researchers developed a framework to help better understand the impact of alternate bearing — a pattern of fruit and nut trees producing high yields one year…

Public trust in physicians and hospitals has plummeted since the COVID-19 pandemic, going from 71.5% in April 2020 to 40.1% in January 2024.

New insight into antibody shows how it could offer sweeping protection against evolving SARS-CoV-2 virus

Octopus and squid pigments enhance sunscreen without harming the environment, researchers find

Coupling food pantry access with primary care can help stabilize health outcomes

Permissive behavior around teen drinking put kids at risk for problems with alcohol, research finds

Researchers harness AI to develop a new system designed to detect breast cancer, which scientists say has achieved an accuracy rate of 99.72%.

Anti-Asian rhetoric during COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted employment and earnings, new Northeastern research finds

Banning Twitter users reduced misinformation and improved discourse after Jan. 6, Northeastern research finds

Desert locusts’ scissor-like jaws sharpen themselves, a materials scientist discovers

Yoga shows ‘most improvement’ in restoring brain health in long-term cancer survivors, Northeastern researcher says

New research reveals how early life adversity triggers early puberty and late-life anxiety

Sperm whale clans occupying the same region may pick up the vocal styles of their neighbors, say researchers who are translating ‘whale-speak’

New HIV research recently confirmed a key mechanism in the infection of cells that could lead to better drugs for treating the virus.

PFAS are widespread and more likely to be found in public water systems serving low-income communities and communities of color in New Jersey

Almost half of US prisons are likely contaminated by PFAS, or ‘forever chemicals,’ new research shows

Parrots love playing tablet games. That's helping researchers understand them

Environmental nonprofit organizations that have diverse leadership and work in equity-deserving communities receive considerably less philanthropic support than conventional, mainstream nonprofits

Whether a termite becomes a queen or sterile worker depends on where the expression of certain genes of the Queen Central Module takes place.

People of color are not only dying more often from violence in the U.S., they are dying at younger ages from that violence, new research finds

Crafting a strategic narrative on the war in Ukraine, China pushes message that it’s more neutral and better suited than the US to lead global security, researchers say

The #FreeBritney movement proves social media can help shift the narrative, while traditional news and tabloid media may lag behind

Electrochemistry discovery could help advance early cancer detection and the production of sustainable chemicals, researcher finds

New strategies to reduce the risks of mRNA drug and vaccine toxicity evaluate the therapeutics at the preclinical level, bypassing the need for animal testing

The city of Boston’s “problem property” interventions reduce disorder and crime and increase guardianship, new research finds.

TikTok is helping teens self-diagnose themselves as autistic, raising bioethical questions over AI and TikTok’s algorithmic recommendations, researchers say

Hackers can tap into security and cellphone cameras to view real-time video footage from up to 16 feet away using an antenna, new research finds.

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