How medical treatments devised for war can quickly be implemented in US hospitals to save lives

How much oxygen does the military need for wounded soldiers? Turns out not much. Military-civilian research is paving the way for new developments.

Arthur Kellermann, Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine, Emory University • conversation
Feb. 19, 2025 ~9 min

Keeping astronauts healthy in space isn’t easy − new training programs will prepare students to perform medicine while thousands of miles away from Earth

Future space missions will fly farther and longer than ever before – which means crew members may need more involved medical care in space.

Arian Anderson, Emergency Medicine Physician, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus • conversation
June 18, 2024 ~8 min


An AI tool for predicting protein shapes could be transformative for medicine, but it challenges science’s need for proof

Science has a need to verify results, but DeepMind’s protein prediction tool doesn’t work this way.

Sam McKee, Tutor and researcher in Philosophy of Science, Manchester Metropolitan University • conversation
May 31, 2024 ~7 min

AI-powered ‘deep medicine’ could transform healthcare in the NHS and reconnect staff with their patients

The concept of deep medicine would use AI to free up staff, benefiting patient care.

Will Jones, Director of Research and Lecturer in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Modelling (DAIM), University of Hull • conversation
April 24, 2024 ~7 min

The tools in a medieval Japanese healer’s toolkit: from fortunetelling and exorcism to herbal medicines

In medieval Japan, healing might mean taking medicine, undergoing an exorcism or sidestepping harm in the first place by avoiding inauspicious days.

Alessandro Poletto, Lecturer in East Asian Religions, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis • conversation
March 1, 2024 ~8 min

Combining two types of molecular boron nitride could create a hybrid material used in faster, more powerful electronics

Two forms of the same boron nitride molecules couldn’t look and act more different – but combining them could lead to applications that have the best of both worlds.

Abhijit Biswas, Research Scientist in Materials Science and Nanoengineering, Rice University • conversation
Jan. 24, 2024 ~7 min

Emergency medicine residencies more likely to go unfilled at for-profit and newly accredited programs

A new study finds more emergency medicine residencies are available, but hundreds of the positions are going unfilled.

Cameron Gettel, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Yale University • conversation
Jan. 8, 2024 ~7 min

Horseshoe crab blood is vital for testing intravenous drugs, but new synthetic alternatives could mean pharma won't bleed this unique species dry

Horseshoe crabs play a unique role in medicine, but they’re also ecologically important in their home waters along the Atlantic coast. Can regulators balance the needs of humans and nature?

Jolie Crunelle, Master's Degree Student in Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Rochester Institute of Technology • conversation
Oct. 12, 2023 ~10 min


Traditional medicine provides health care to many around the globe – the WHO is trying to make it safer and more standardized

More people are seeking out traditional forms of medicine, from acupuncture to herbal medicines. The WHO is working to develop standards to make these healing practices implementable on a wide sale.

Paul D. Terry, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Tennessee • conversation
Sept. 6, 2023 ~8 min

More than half of life on Earth is found in soil – here's why that's important

With more than one species for every person on the planet, soils are the most diverse habitat on Earth.

John Quinton, Professor of Soil Science, Lancaster University • conversation
Aug. 16, 2023 ~7 min

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