Only 40% of adults meet criteria for obesity when BMI alone is used. A new definition of obesity could nearly double the prevalence of U.S. adults with the condition, according to a study published ...

Corrected: A previous version of this story misstated Devin Kearn’s university affiliation. A recent change to the definition of dyslexia put forth by an international group of researchers and ...

Animal-rights groups have long been at odds with the U.S. government, which subsidizes meat and dairy production and spends billions of dollars on animal research every year. But in some ways, they’ve ...

With the increase in concerns over the prevalence of PFAS, new regulations related to these chemicals are being developed and implemented at many levels of government. As these PFAS regulations shift ...

Ryan Summers receives funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He is affiliated with the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE), NARST, ...

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Association of American Universities (AAU) have announced the 2025 Golden Goose Awards, a recognition that spotlights obscure, ...

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, or CIDP, is a rare autoimmune disease that can cause severe numbness, weakness and disability. In a recent interview hosted by Sanofi, Dr. Jeffrey ...

As cuts to federal R&D are proposed by the new administration alongside calls for the U.S. to remain an R&D superpower on the global stage, 1 there have been suggestions that other science and ...

Matt Valle, left, of the C.M. Rick Tomato Genetics Resource Center, plants seeds with greenhouse manager Eric Haddix in a UC Davis greenhouse. (UC Davis photo) While we’re enjoying the last days of ...

The humble inventions that power our modern world wouldn’t have been possible without decades of support for early-stage research. In December 1947, three physicists at Bell Telephone ...

In the race to secure advanced technologies against competitors such as China, the United States and Japan share a common understanding that collaboration among like-minded countries is essential. The ...

Discrepancies in long COVID definitions hinder accurate diagnosis and treatment, necessitating a standardized definition for better clinical and research outcomes. A study identified five common ...