The Food Compass nutrient profiling system, developed by researchers at the Friedman School at Tufts, incorporates cutting-edge science on how characteristics of more than 8,000…
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Ultraprocessed foods, including sugary snacks, now make up 2/3rds of kids’ and teens’ diets. New study in JAMA also found kids and teens eat less…
Artistic rendering of the propane dehydrogenation process taking place on the novel single atom alloy catalyst, as predicted by theory. The picture shows the transition…
A thin film polymer tunes the properties of an inkjet printed array of small microwave resonators. The composite device can be tuned to capture or…
Model airplane assembled with silk-based glue. Credit: Marco Lo Presti, Tufts University Silk proteins formed fibers, crosslinks, and iron complexes similar to those used by…
This illustration represents the overfitted brain hypothesis of dreaming, which claims that the sparse and hallucinatory quality of dreams is not a bug, but a…
Xenobots exhibit cooperative swarm activity, in this case working together to gather piles of tiny particles. Credit: Doug Blackiston, Tufts University Artificial living organisms can…
In North Carolina USA, male blue ghost fireflies (Phausis reticulata) glow while searching for mates. Their flightless females are highly vulnerable to trampling, as they…
Study suggests COVID-19 hospitalizations could have been prevented without four common pre-existing conditions. Credit: Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and…
A wild mink in Utah was the first wild animal in the U.S. found with COVID-19. Credit: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA Over the course of…
Scanning electron microscopy of carbon ink-coated threads. Straight thread on left. Bending the coated threads creates strain (right), which changes their electrical conductivity — a…
A female glow-worm (Lampyris noctiluca) will shine for hours to attract her mate, yet brightening skies will dim her prospects. Credit: Jason Steel – jason-steel.co.uk…
Bovine skeletal muscle cells grown in the presence of myoglobin (center) or hemoglobin (right). Credit: Robin Simsa & David Kaplan, Tufts University Cultured meat could…
Inset shows a donut-shaped 3D silk scaffold (represented as schematic in background) that has been treated with fetal pig brain extracellular matrix and seeded with…