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A joint research team led by Dr. Hyun-Yeol Jeon and Dr. Hyo-Jeong Kim at the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Senior Researcher Sung-Bae Park, Professor Dong-Yeop Oh at Inha University, and Professor Je-Young Park at Sogang University has developed a high-performance polyester-amide (PEA) polymer that decomposes by over 92% in one year under real marine conditions, while maintaining strength and flexibility comparable to nylon.

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The impacts of human activity and climate change are coalescing to make coastal lagoons saltier, changing the microbial life they support and the function they play in their ecosystems, according to new University of Adelaide research.

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The secret to psychedelic drugs’ links to greater empathy and insight may lie in their ability to coax the right hemisphere of the brain into a position of dominance over the left, according to a proposed new theory.

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New England Journal of Medicine perspectives piece by UC San Diego Health physicians emphasizes a call for disclosure when using AI to draft patient messaging.

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Scientists are developing artificial intelligence and machine learning tools for improving the operations of particle accelerators. Here, the results of three related research studies with recent peer-reviewed journal articles are discussed.

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Awards recognize outstanding contributions to the field of sleep medicine

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A four-year, $2.33 million grant from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health to Wayne State University is supporting research focused on improving and preserving vision and eye health in those with diabetes.

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UC Davis Health is now offering an FDA-approved test that can predict Alzheimer's disease before the onset of major symptoms. A negative test can rule out Alzheimer's disease with 96.2% accuracy. A positive test can allow patients to receive a diagnosis and potentially access new drugs to slow the disease's progression while in a very early stage.

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A study in The FASEB Journal reveals PME-1 protein regulates tumor suppressor PP2A through two distinct mechanisms: methyl group removal and direct binding. Using genetically modified mice, researchers found each function affects different developmental aspects—demethylation impacts brain development while binding affects olfaction.

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Arizona State University Associate Professor Heni Ben Amor spent a year embedded in Google's DeepMind developing human-robot interaction systems that will improve (human!) lives.

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MTSU senior journalism major Tiffany Parker says a recent legislative internship helped expand her professional horizons.

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When it comes to Meta, particularly its platform Facebook, news matters—not the fake stuff but the real kind generated by working journalists. That’s the takeaway of new research by ...

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This study introduces a deep-learning system for rapid, automated detection and classification of tiny calcium deposits (microcalcifications) in mammograms to aid early breast cancer diagnosis. Leveraging a multi-center dataset of 4,810 biopsy-confirmed mammograms, our pipeline uses a Faster RCNN model with a feature-pyramid backbone to detect and classify microcalcifications—the pipeline requires no hand-tuned rules and provides both the overall cancer risk and highlighted lesion regions in seconds per image. On unseen test data, it achieved overall classification accuracy of 72% for discriminating between benign and malignant breasts and 78% sensitivity of malignant breast cancer prediction, marking a significant step toward AI-assisted, cost-effective breast-cancer screening that can run on standard radiology workstations.

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Under a $50,000 1-year grant from the Additional Ventures Foundation and a Cardiac Imaging Suite Pilot Award, Eamon Doyle, PhD, Data Engineer, Data Science and AI at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, will use novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technologies to scan the hearts and lungs of children between 12-18 years old born with single ventricle hearts, as well as those of healthy control patients. His goal is to assess methods of determining blood flow, ventilation patterns, and oxygen perfusion in the lungs.

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The American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA®) today released a statement from President Erin Haley-Hitz, RDH, BSDH, MS, FADHA, MAADH, regarding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s announcement on the removal of ingestible fluoride prescription drug products for children from the market.

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Florida State University’s internationally recognized experts will provide insight into the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season at a virtual briefing May 15.

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The University of Utah’s Utah Data Coordinating Center will validate the science of teams vying for the $101 million XPRIZE Healthspan, a competition aimed at closing the gap between health and lifespan.