Kevin is the news and media specialist for science at Indiana University Communications, where he helps connect people to information about IU’s latest discoveries in areas such as astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, mathematics, computer science, and informatics.
New research shows that pathogens that incubate at higher temperatures are more infectious. Yet the computer models that predict the spread of epidemics from climate change—such as crop b...
New research finds that people with the most connections on social media are also happier.
Using CRISPR to genetically modify insects as a way to fight disease or crop devastation may be more difficult than initially thought, due in part to genetic variation within insect popul...
Chemists have engineered a molecule that uses light or electricity to convert carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide—a carbon-neutral fuel source—more efficiently than any other method of “c...
Caffeine—and 23 other compounds—may have the potential to boost the power of an enzyme in the brain shown to protect against dementia, according to a study with mice.
