This evidence challenges the popular belief that vaping is a safe way to quit smoking. While e-cigarettes produce vapour ...

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In a prospective cohort study, researchers assessed the link between inflammatory and insulinemic diets and T2D risk in women with history of gestational diabetes.

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Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

Scientists are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to do their work. Many say the tools are saving them time and money, but others have seen the negative effects that such tools can have ...

Purdue’s strategic initiatives, which include leveraging the university’s extensive technological and computational environment and tackling complex challenges at the intersection of human, animal and ...

Overall, 53% of Americans say it is extremely or very important for the U.S. to take an active role in world affairs. Overall, 50% of adults disapprove of the Trump administration’s approach to ...

A high-performance silicon-based quantum processor has been developed in which the spins of nine phosphorus nuclei — divided into two groups, or registers — and two shared electrons act as quantum ...