A study on SuperAgers shows exceptional memory isn't solely due to lower Alzheimer's genetic risk, highlighting the role of ...

Languages have highly diverse structures—e.g. some place verbs first, others elsewhere—and this diversity is remarkably uneven across the globe. In some regions, languages show a variety of verb ...

For years, protein has been the hyperfixation of the wellness industry writ large—but there are signs that the tide may be turning. In recent months, a new trend known as fibermaxxing has thrust the ...

Global optimization tools such as Bayesian Optimization (BO) have also demonstrated their great potential in a variety of inverse design problems in materials engineering. (124) BO is an iterative ...

Quantitative photoacoustic tomography (QPAT) exploits the photoacoustic effect with the aim of estimating images of clinically relevant quantities related to the tissue's optical absorption. The ...

The 5-item Sick, Control, One, Fat, Food (SCOFF) questionnaire is the most widely used screening measure for eating disorders. However, no previous systematic review and meta-analysis determined the ...

Scientists have wondered whether boys and girls think differently because their brains are different. A recent paper presents evidence that, indeed, girls do show meaningful differences in their brain ...

Inversion of electromagnetic (EM) signals reflected from or transmitted through a medium, or emitted by it due to internal sources can be used to investigate the optical and physical properties of a ...

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, ...

How do words develop new senses? Unlike changes in sound or grammar where there are rich formal characterizations, semantic change is poorly understood. Changes in meaning are often considered ...