sciencealert.comadded August 2026
ScienceAlertby David Nield10d ago
Some of the healthiest plant-based foods on the menu – including spinach, beetroot, rhubarb, almonds, and sweet potatoes – could be linked to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), based on a new study.
ScienceAlertby Ivan Farkas10d ago
Under certain conditions – such as bone-brittling temperatures lower than that of deep space – superconductors can conduct electricity without resistance and resultant energy loss.
ScienceAlertby Jess Cockerill10d ago
An exquisitely preserved feathered raptor just discovered in north-eastern China could probably fly. It's also somewhat disrupted the evolutionary path we thought birds took to get into the air.
ScienceAlertby David Nield10d ago
Osteoarthritis, where the cartilage in a joint gradually erodes away and leads to the painful friction of bone-on-bone, is the leading cause of disability for older adults worldwide.
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr10d ago
A new window into the quantum realm has just been opened by a single microscopic grain of glass levitating in a beam of light.
ScienceAlertby Jess Cockerill10d ago
Every winter, Antarctica roughly doubles in size as sea ice locks into place over the ocean. Typically, Breid Bay in East Antarctica is entirely covered in a frozen crust from July through August.
ScienceAlertby Esra Öz11d ago
How do you teach the immune system to recognize a cancer cell? Researchers are taking clues from the tumor itself, selecting unusual protein fragments and putting them into a vaccine.
ScienceAlertby Carly Cassella11d ago
One of the most widely used drugs in the world could help reduce dementia risk when taken daily – but only for some.
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr11d ago
When the tokamak powers on, something magical happens in the confines of its reinforced belly. Plasma born of heavy hydrogen blooms into brilliant pink, roiling and writhing around the...
ScienceAlertby Carly Cassella11d ago
Dinner by yourself can be a lonely affair. The lack of social connection could change the way that your body processes your meal.
ScienceAlertby Esra Öz11d ago
Imagine ordering a drink you would normally enjoy, then finding you barely want to touch it. Some people taking Ozempic-like medications have described just such a change.
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr11d ago
The human brain is a magnificently complex information-processing machine that is extremely off-limits to certain kinds of research.
ScienceAlertby Michelle Starr11d ago
Prions are one of nature's cruelest tricks. Proteins are chains of amino acids that need to fold in very specific ways – a process that does not always work as intended.
ScienceAlertby David Nield11d ago
Fish oil supplements have long been linked to a variety of brain benefits, but 2026 research suggests that one of the omega-3 fatty acids these supplements contain could interfere with the brain's...
ScienceAlertby Ivan Farkas12d ago
Detecting planets outside of our Solar System mostly relies on measuring minute changes in the light of distant stars.
ScienceAlertby Carly Cassella12d ago
You've probably heard of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, but did you know there's possibly a third option as well?
ScienceAlertby Jess Cockerill12d ago
Over the past decade, a network of usually pristine blue rivers and lakes that winds through Alaska's breathtaking Brooks Range mountains has been starting to look a little… rusty.
ScienceAlertby David Nield12d ago
In the US, the official health recommendations for fruit are two cups per day for a diet based on 2,000 daily calories – but it's estimated that 8 in 10 people aren't reaching that level, and...
ScienceAlertby Jess Cockerill12d ago
Human languages are complex and versatile. They reflect our intelligence, our cultures, our need to understand and be understood. Our languages tend to follow specific patterns.
ScienceAlertby David Nield12d ago
Catching signs of dementia early – before the main symptoms have started to show – means a bigger window of opportunity to study the progression of the condition, and to put support in place for...
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