Miles Martin
Reporter, Life Sciences and Physical Sciences
@ArtfulSciMiles Martin, based in Kingston, Rhode Island, covers Life Sciences and Physical Sciences for The Academic Times. Prior to that, Miles worked on the media and communications team at Cell Press and as a freelance science writer. He holds an MSc in science communication and public engagement from the University of Edinburgh.
Women who consumed diets high in inflammatory foods, such as red meats, processed fats and sugar, had a 12% increase in their risk of developing breast cancer compared with women who consumed anti-inflammatory diets, according to a sweeping new study of more than 350,000 women.
A new study with implications for environmental and medical research found that the ability of bacterial communities to work together to form biofilms, the thin layers of microbes found throughout nature and in the human body, is highly dependent on temperature.
By completely reengineering the genetic code of E. coli bacteria, researchers have created a strain that is virtually invincible to viral infection, a development with wide implications for synthetic biology — the redesigning of organisms to meet practical needs.
Women who experience aortic dissection, an uncommon but deadly tear in the body’s largest artery, seek treatment later and are statistically more likely to die, even though the majority of people who get this condition are men, according to new research.
By filtering and sequencing DNA from river water in Pennsylvania, researchers have uncovered the presence of the invasive New Zealand mud snail, a species that, despite its negative effects on the ecosystem, is difficult to track due to its minute size.
The average size of the endangered chinook salmon could increase by five millimeters in the next century due to rising water temperatures, new research predicts, but the amount of suitable habitat for breeding could decrease, leading to a dramatic reduction in the fish’s ability to reproduce.
Researchers have invented the first screening test for ovarian cancer that can catch the disease in its earliest stages, offering the potential to meet the urgent need for accurate, affordable ovarian cancer screening.
Researchers studying glasswing butterflies have created a developmental timeline for the growth of their clear wings, tracking the formation of detailed nanostructures on the surface that could provide bioinspiration for new reflective materials.
Declining fish populations in the Amazon could result in major nutritional shortages for the people who live there, even if efforts are made to supplement the supply with other food sources, according to new research.
An international consortium of researchers created a global atlas of microbes from 60 cities over three years using swabs from subway surfaces, cataloguing detailed information on the locations and characteristics of bacteria, viruses and archaea, including thousands of microbial species not found in current reference databases.
The virus responsible for the deadly COVID-19 pandemic induces cell death in the pancreatic beta cells that produce insulin but does not target the rest of the pancreas, according to a new study on the connection between COVID-19 and diabetes.
After four decades of blindness, a 58-year-old patient suffering from a rare genetic disorder that degrades the cells of the retina has now regained part of his vision, thanks to a groundbreaking new treatment.