Technology

NIH Pediatric Research Funding Trends and Structural Patterns, 2015–2024

A new analysis of a decade of National Institutes of Health pediatric research funding is offering a detailed look at...

Anxiety and Mood Disorders Across Lifespan in Very Preterm and Term-Born Individuals

The Premature Beginning That May Echo Into Adult Mental Health The earliest weeks of life may leave a psychological imprint...

Interact-North Offers Model for Scaling Integrated Parenting Interventions Nationwide

Parenting programs are often shown to work in carefully controlled studies, yet far fewer succeed when offered across the messy,...

Machine Learning Identifies Predictors of Weight Loss in Adolescents With Obesity

Childhood obesity treatment may be entering a more individualized era. A new study in Pediatric Research explores how machine learning...

PolyU develops virtual patient system integrating multimodal data for personalized cancer treatment

PolyU’s AI “Virtual Patient” Builds a Living Digital Twin to Personalise Cancer Treatment A research team at The Hong Kong...

Genomic Changes in Childhood Tumors Reveal Clinical Implications and Treatment Insights

Genomic medicine is reshaping the way childhood cancers are diagnosed, classified, and treated, but translating a tumor’s DNA into a...

Minnesota Iron Ore May Enable More Sustainable, Affordable Semiconductor Manufacturing

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL — A low-purity iron ore mined from Minnesota’s Iron Range could become an unexpected source of...

As Machines Learn, Are Humans Learning Enough?

Artificial intelligence has moved from the laboratory into the everyday decisions that shape children’s lives, and a new perspective in...

Brief firearm safety conversations may encourage storing guns outside the home

A brief, respectful conversation about firearm safety can substantially increase gun owners’ willingness to temporarily store their weapons outside the...

Anti-NMDAR Antibody Testing Offers Hope, but Caution Remains in Pediatric Encephalitis

Encephalitis in children can begin with symptoms that seem psychiatric, behavioral, or nonspecific: sudden anxiety, insomnia, confusion, seizures, abnormal movements,...

Toward General Auditory Intelligence in Machines That Listen and Speak

For decades, machines have been trained to recognize speech, classify environmental sounds and analyze music as separate technical problems. A...

Grid Disturbance Detection Technology Earns R&D 100 Market Disruptor Award

A new artificial intelligence platform designed to detect the electrical faults that can ignite wildfires has received a 2026 R&D...

Late-preterm birth and being small for gestational age may double risk

A newborn who arrives only a few weeks early may appear close to full term, but a new report in...

Reusable Magnetic Sensor Uses SERS and AI to Detect Trace Uranium

Uranium contamination in water may soon become easier to detect, thanks to a reusable magnetic sensor that combines gold-enhanced Raman...

Does Finer-Grained Data Improve Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Prediction?

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or BPD, remains one of the most important chronic complications affecting babies born extremely preterm. The condition develops...

New technique could enable high-performance lasers

For two decades, photonic-crystal surface-emitting lasers have promised to reshape the design of semiconductor light sources used in demanding fields...

Upwind Vegetation’s Overlooked Role in Cooling Cities

Cities around the world are planting trees at an unprecedented pace, yet many continue to grow hotter. Expanding urban canopies...

Toward Principled Knowledge Editing for Large Language Model Reasoning

Large language models may soon be able to update what they know without undergoing expensive, full-scale retraining, but a new...

Can beneficial bacteria stop the body from absorbing lead?

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) are exploring an unusual biological strategy to reduce the danger posed by lead exposure:...

Physics-Informed Risk-Aware Learning Improves Multiaxial Structural Reliability via Bayesian Calibration