AI-Guided Handheld Cardiac Ultrasound Promises Early Detection and Cost Savings
Handheld ultrasound is moving from hospitals to the bedside. A new study published in The Annals of Family Medicine reports...
Study Reveals How Plants Detect When to Grow or Pause
Plants build organs by coordinating “initiation” and “growth,” but how one signal can drive two opposite outcomes has been unclear....
Senolytic PROTAC Slows Age-Related Intervertebral Disc Degeneration in Male Mice
Aging intervertebral discs are a major contributor to chronic low back pain, yet the biological chain of events that turns...
Electronic Resonance Boosted Molecule Improves Perovskite Solar Cell Performance
Perovskite solar cells have leapt forward in efficiency in part because self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) can be grown on transparent conductive...
Mitophagy dampens mitochondrial DNA–triggered cGAS-STING activation in autoimmune thyroiditis
Viral science news: Autoimmune thyroiditis has long puzzled researchers with how mitochondrial material sparks an inflammatory cascade that ultimately damages...
Early Brain Development Predicts Driving Experience in Youth With Congenital Heart Disease
Children who survive congenital heart disease (CHD) often face long-term challenges that extend beyond the heart, including measurable neurodevelopmental differences....
Magnesium Sulfate May Protect Newborn Brains in Neonatal Encephalopathy
A new systematic review is putting postnatal magnesium sulfate (MgSO₄) under the microscope as a potential neuroprotective strategy for newborns...
Monica L. Baskin Named Director of VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center is set to gain a new leader: Monica L. Baskin, Ph.D., will serve as director...
Researchers Find Natural Substitute for Artificial Food Dyes
University of Missouri researchers are testing a corn-based approach to replace synthetic food dyes with a pigment package drawn from...
Critical Care Doctor Warns Chatbot Dependence Signals Broader Health Care Failures
Patients Are Asking Chatbots First—And It Signals a System in Trouble A new commentary in Annals of Internal Medicine argues...
Unlinked medical records hinder dementia care for patients and caregivers
Medical care for people living with dementia often hinges on a quieter partner: the caregiver who manages medications, appointments, daily...
AI Model Speeds Scientific Discovery in Soil Carbon Research
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University researchers have introduced BINN (Biogeochemistry-Informed Neural Network), an AI model designed to speed up and...
Nuclear Escape Accelerates as Stress Builds Inside the Atomic Nucleus
Under prolonged stretch, epithelial tissues can’t simply “hold on”—they remodel. A new Nature Physics study from IBEC reveals how cells...
Imaging Nanoscale Polar Textures Reveals Quantum Paraelectric Behavior in SrTiO3
Nanoscale polar order may be the missing link in the long-studied “quantum paraelectric” behavior of strontium titanate (SrTiO₃), according to...
Atezolizumab After Single or Multiple Fractions of Stereotactic Radiotherapy in TNBC
Advanced triple-negative breast cancer may benefit from an unexpected combination: stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) delivered either in a single...
Inflation-Induced Changes in Epinephrine Pharmacokinetics and Dynamics in Piglets
A new study is reshaping how clinicians think about epinephrine delivery in neonatal resuscitation. In the first minutes after birth,...
Pre-Transfusion Platelet Levels Predict Bleeding in Very Low Birth Weight Infants
A new analysis of platelet transfusion practices in very low birth weight (VLBW) newborns suggests that clinicians’ decisions may not...
Bioengineer Wins CPRIT Grants to Develop Treatments for Rare Cancer
A University of Texas at Dallas bioengineering researcher has secured more than $1 million in grants from the Cancer Prevention...
Smart Hydrogel Speeds Wound Healing by Adapting to Tissue Changes
A routine cut can heal quickly, but deep wounds often become a battlefield: invading bacteria and a surge of reactive...
Terrain diversity shapes carbon storage in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
In forest ecosystems, carbon uptake is only half the story. A new study from southern Brazil shows that carbon partitioning...