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The written word has been revolutionary in preserving ideas from the past, and transmitting new ones in the present. But does it favor tradition or change?

Scientists are continuing to look for ways to replace sugar in our diets. As great as it makes food taste, we know it's not great for our health, and questions have been raised over the impacts of artificial sweeteners too. According to a new study published in Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, a protein called brazzein could be the answer. Originally found in a West African fruit and now mostly made by engineered fungi, it's processed naturally and easily by the body and is up to 2,000 times sweeter than sugar, weight for weight. Researchers from the Federal Research Center of Nutrition, Biotechnology and Food Safety in Russia ran tests with 101 adults diagnosed with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), a condition often accompanied by obesity and diabetes, where fat builds up in the liver. The study, a randomized controlled double-blind crossover trial, focused on ice cream, one of the most tempting types of sugary foods. Each participant consumed a standard 100-gram (3.5-ounce) serving of vanilla ice cream on three separate days: one using sugar, one sweetened with brazzein, and one with brazzein and the dietary fiber inulin.

Conservation isn’t only the work of scientists and decision makers. Across the world, a vast network of passionate volunteers collect data on wildlife, weather, water quality, and historical documents. In ornithology, this usually means recording bird observations – a practice known as “citizen science”.

Skip to mainFri, October 9, 2026 at 9:00 p.m. UTCDexter Stewart has gone from Three Oaks Senior High in Summerside to acclaim in spacecraft engineering. CBC News: Compass host Louise Martin spoke with the Islander, who recently took first place for his research at an international conference.

The physicist and science communicator answers five questions about making science relatable, why visibility matters, and communicating beyond the scientific bubble. "SciComm Voices" is part of the Science Communication certificate program's monthly newsletter "SciComm Spotlight" (subscribe via our website).

image: Overview of memory-efficient training techniques for transformers The integration of deep learning—particularly Transformer-based models—has profoundly reshaped scientific research paradigms. In domains such as drug discovery, weather forecasting, and protein structure prediction, these models enable the extraction of complex patterns from large-scale data. However, as model resolution and parameter counts continue to grow, GPU memory consumption increases rapidly, creating a “memory wall” that confines large-scale training to costly, high-end hardware and limits broader adoption in scientific research.