AccessScience added lots of new content in January. New briefings include:

• 2019 International Year of the Periodic Table
• Cancer mortality on the decline in the United States
• Discovery of the most distant solar system object, nicknamed Farout
• Fentanyl is the leading cause of drug overdose deaths
• Reusable materials for absorbing oil spills

New videos and animations include:

• Can Silver Nanoparticles Combat Body Odor?
• Could Boston Harbor be Turned into a Giant Cup of Tea?
• Tardigrades Are Survivalists
• What Are Isotopes?
• Why Don’t Antarctic Fish Freeze to Death?

And finally, there’s a new video biography of Adrian Bejan, winner of the 2018 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Mechanical Engineering.

AccessScience added lots of new content in December. There’s a new curriculum map for neuroscience and new briefings include:

• Asian longhorned tick is an invasive threat in the United States
• Cell phones identified as an exposure source of toxic flame retardants
• Cold super-Earth discovered around nearby star
• The potential for natural climate solutions in the United States

New videos and animations include:

• Can You Take Expired Drugs?
• Do Astronauts Need Sunscreen?
• How to Make the Best Cheap Hot Cocoa Possible
• Solvents That Will Pop a Balloon

And finally, there’s a new video biography of Manijeh Razeghi, winner of the 2018 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering.

AccessScience added lots of new content in November. There’s a new article on mobile communications and new briefings include:

• Arlomycin antibiotics may combat antimicrobial resistance
• Completion of the Dawn mission to the asteroid belt
• Mission’s end for the Kepler spacecraft
• Possible origin of colored eggs in dinosaurs
• The science behind microgreens

New videos and animations include:

• How Air Conditioning Works
• How to Fry a Turkey
• Kitchen Gadgets Worth Considering
• Why Does Stinky Cheese Stink?
• Yellowstone National Park’s Hot Springs

And finally, there’s a new video biography of Helen Rhoda Quinn, winner of the 2018 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics.