Virtual reality could help stroke survivors regain movement

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A paper published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews has found that virtual reality (VR), when used in addition to standard therapy, can help stroke…

Inaccuracies found in key studies for blockbuster heart drug ticagrelor

Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a follow-up investigation into the multibillion-dollar drug ticagrelor, The BMJ has uncovered fresh concerns, this time in key platelet studies used in its FDA approval.…

Pain Perception in Babies Develops in Stages After Birth

Summary: A new study shows that the networks responsible for processing pain in infants develop gradually, with emotional and cognitive pain responses maturing only after birth. Researchers scanned the brains…

Sinkhole reveals lost remains of medieval hospital

A sinkhole that formed outside the York Theatre Royal has led to the discovery of what could be one of England’s largest medieval hospitals. According to the City of York…

How to stay safe during heat waves – and heat stroke warning signs to watch for

Summer is just getting started, and millions of people are under heat advisories as a major heat wave spreads across large parts of the central and eastern U.S. in June…

How to stay safe during heat waves – and the heat stroke warning signs to watch for

Beach trips, cookouts and other outdoor activities are in full swing as summer arrives and the first widespread heat wave of 2025 hits the U.S. For many people, summer is…

Bringing energy and spatial planning together

Credit: CC0 Public Domain For an effective energy transition, we need to think not only about how we generate sustainable energy, but also about the spatial consequences of those choices.…

How molecular randomness may drive differences in lifespan

Stochasticity underlies variable outcomes in aging. Diverse molecular, cellular, and intracellular events that occur throughout the life course, here represented by the Hallmarks of Aging, manifest as declining organismal function…

Researchers are teaching AI to see more like humans

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain At Brown University, an innovative new project is revealing that teaching artificial intelligence to perceive things more like people may begin with something as simple as…

Researchers develop optimal error correction algorithm

An illustration of how quantum error correction problems can be mapped onto an Ising spin-glass model. (a) The original syndrome measurement circuit. (b) The detector error graph with circuit-level noise.…