Newer variant-specific bivalent vaccines offer on average 1.6 times better immunity against COVID-19 than the original, single-strain "ancestral" vaccines, new research by UNSW's Kirby institute published ...

"COVID rebound," in which evidence of the illness disappears and then returns days or weeks later, is surprisingly common—whether or not patients are given the antiviral Paxlovid.

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In the threatening trouble of climate change, growing commercial crops on solar farms is a potentially efficient use of agricultural land that can both increase commercial food production and improve ...

Jewelry designs inspired by mathematical objects called strange attractors bring chaos theory to a new audience.

New Technology To Improve Cancer Detection and Treatment A new device can detect cancer cells without invasive and expensive surgery. Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed a new device that can detect and analyze cancer…

Astronomers and amateurs alike know the bigger the telescope, the more powerful the imaging capability. To keep the power but streamline one of the bulkier components, a Penn State-led research team created ...

Linking types of bacteria to specific flavors could help cheesemakers tweak their products — or even develop new cheese flavor.

Rubisco is a key protein in the process of photosynthesis, which feeds plants — and, in turn, us.

The space salad contains ingredients -- including soybean, poppy, barley, kale, peanuts, sweet potato and sunflower seeds -- that could be grown on spacecraft and provide optimum nutrition for astronauts.

Nature - The antiviral ensitrelvir, which is not approved in the United States, shortens symptoms in people with mild COVID and might reduce risk of long COVID — but more data are needed.

In the Middle Ages, the Roman alphabet and runes lived side by side. A new doctoral thesis challenges the notion that runes represent more of an oral and less of a learned form of written language.

The 'Ironton' has been perfectly preserved since the day it sank in 'Shipwreck Alley'

Intricate designs painted by biscuit artist Ella Hawkins are part of a lengthy baking tradition

The first CT scan let doctors see inside a woman's skull and confirm her cystic brain mass. That scanner? It was developed by an eccentric engineer who worked at the Beatles' record company.

Researchers at UCL and University of Ghana have successfully predicted whether children have anemia using only a set of smartphone images.

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Some caterpillars have evolved with antifreeze in their body cavity, allowing them to become cater-Popsicles to survive cold winters. But climate change could threaten that.