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A years-long malaria control campaign in the Brazilian Amazon nearly eliminated the disease from a city — but then cases rebounded. Now, scientists think they’ve uncovered why.The campaign took place…
For the first time, physicists have built a working version of quantum mechanics without complex numbers — numbers that have been considered essential to the theory for nearly a century.Complex…
‘A silent pandemic’: How Japan is curbing antibiotic resistance, $5 at a timeThis interview is the second article in a series comparing antibiotic use in Japan and the United States,…
I was a sick kid — I’m talking genuinely, chronically ill. Mysterious symptoms kept me home from school and bouncing between specialists who spent most of my childhood trying —…
Scientists have invented a soft robotic heart that could give them a new way to study a mysterious condition that accounts for roughly half of all heart failure cases.This form…
Engineers have designed a waterproof “diving suit” for cyborg cockroaches that enables the hybrid insects to survive and roam underwater for up to three hours. This function expands the capabilities…
Two of the Milky Way’s gigantic spiral arms appear to be much farther away than we realized, scientists have discovered after listening to the echoes of distant cosmic explosions. The…
Using a quantum computer alongside a supercomputer, scientists have developed a breakthrough pathway for modeling the physics inside a fusion reactor. The world-first experiment could help clear a path to…
For decades, cities have been designed around “gray infrastructure.” Roads move people. Bridges connect communities. Water systems protect public health. These systems are governed by engineering standards because society recognizes…
Too many people are earning an F on their vitamin D. A study published in Nutrition Research found that 41.6% of American adults are deficient in it, and that number…