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Tufts scientists engineer bacteria to make tagatose, a low-calorie sugar that tastes like sucrose and may benefit health.
Researchers have developed a new bacterial method to produce tagatose, a rare sugar that tastes like table sugar but has fewer calories and health risks.
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A Los Angeles woman marks her 80th birthday by organizing volunteers to prepare hundreds of meals for those in need.
Los AngelesLos Angeles woman celebrates 80th birthday by feeding the communityRebecca Shavit
Chinese researchers unveil the first practical lunar timekeeping software to support navigation, landings, and future Moon missions.
SpaceChina releases first practical software to keep time on the MoonJoseph Shavit
Silke Bühler-Paschen (left), Diego Zocco and Diana Kirschbaum.
DiscoveriesScientists discover new quantum state where electrons stop acting like particlesShy Cohen
After an ancient extinction killed about 85% of marine species, survivors in isolated refuges helped jawed vertebrates diversify and later dominate.
DiscoveriesMass extinction helped jawed vertebrates rise, study findsHannah Shavit-Weiner
AltoVolo’s Sigma is not an air taxi. It is a privately owned hybrid electric aircraft designed for quiet, long-range personal flight.
InnovationsAltoVolo redefines personal air travel with 220 mph hybrid eVTOL aircraftJoseph Shavit
Scientists engineer living skin that glows in response to inflammation, offering a new way to monitor health from within.
HealthScientists create skin graft health monitor that glows in response to inflammationMac Oliveau
Michigan State University scientists have built tiny beating heart organoids that can be driven into atrial fibrillation with inflammation and brought back toward a steady rhythm with drugs. The model finally gives researchers human based tissue to study arrhythmias, speed drug discovery and move toward personalized heart treatments.
HealthTiny human heart organoids open the door to safer, faster drug discoveryHannah Shavit-Weiner
Scientists have engineered a “color-coded” strain of Asian tiger mosquitoes where males are dark and females are pale, allowing quick and accurate sex separation for disease control programs. The system adds a built-in safety feature, since pale females lay eggs that die if they dry out, reducing the risk of modified mosquitoes spreading in the wild.
DiscoveriesColor-coded mosquitoes safely enables male-only releases to combat Dengue and ZikaJoshua Shavit
New research links Earth’s orbital wobble to 4,000–5,000-year climate swings during a hot, ice-free Cretaceous period.
SpaceSlow orbital wobbles drove drastic climate swings on EarthJoshua Shavit
New research outlines how focused ultrasound could reveal which brain regions cause conscious perception in healthy humans.
HealthFocused ultrasound could reveal how consciousness worksMac Oliveau
Two spinners inside a circular container and surrounded by liquid with bubbles that help to visualize the flows. The left spinner is actively driven to rotate with a motor (not shown) and the right one passively rotates due to the flows.
InnovationsGroundbreaking water-driven gear works without teeth or direct contactJoshua Shavit
Family provided photo shows Suze Lopez, and her son, Ryu, in California in October 2025.
Los AngelesDoctors Stunned as Baby Survives Full-Term Pregnancy Beating 1-in-a Million OddsRebecca Shavit
Images of PDLC/TW as one side of the showcase during the day and at night.
Green ImpactScientists develop smart transparent woods that block UV and save energyShy Cohen
By copying how natural polymers fold and fall apart, researchers created materials that stay strong in use, then break down under everyday conditions without heat or harsh chemicals
Green ImpactNew smart plastics can be programmed to break down on scheduleRebecca Shavit
Researchers in Japan report that oral health may affect dementia risk through eating, nutrition, and social connection
HealthOral health and dementia have a surprisingly complex relationship, study findsHannah Shavit-Weiner
Large Danish study finds depression can appear up to eight years before Parkinson’s and Lewy body dementia.
HealthDepression can be an early warning of Parkinson’s and dementia, study findsMac Oliveau