Hidden Medieval tower unearthed in Lublin reveals forgotten chapter of city’s past

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a previously undocumented medieval tower within the grounds of the former Pobernardine monastery complex, near the Church of the Conversion of Saint Paul on…

Road crash injuries are on the rise in Australia—how can we stop them?

Mismatch repair germline pathogenic variants could predispose to uveal melanoma

Mismatch repair (MMR) germline alterations are enriched among patients with uveal melanoma (UM), according to a study published online June 18 in JAMA Ophthalmology. Anaïs Le Ven, from Inserm U1339…

Racial, ethnic differences seen in teens’ use of mental health services

There are substantial racial and ethnic differences in U.S. adolescents’ use of mental health services, according to a study published online June 18 in JAMA Network Open. Yanlei Ma, Ph.D.,…

Laser trackers shown to help improve accuracy of industrial robots, study shows

Computational tool exposes hidden cancer DNA changes that may drive treatment resistance

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Some of the most harmful genetic changes in cancer are also the hardest to see. These structural alterations, deep within a tumor’s DNA, can fuel aggressive…

How PTSD Disrupts Brain Cell Communication

Summary: A new study has examined brains affected by PTSD at the single-cell level, uncovering distinct genetic alterations that may drive the disorder. Researchers focused on the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex,…

Universal embezzlers naturally emerge in critical fermion systems, study finds

A bipartite quantum system obtained by dividing fermion chain into left and right half-chains. The squares indicate potential locations for Fermionic particles in a discrete lattice. Credit: van Luijk, Stottmeister…

Nobel laureate concerned about AI-generated image of black hole at the center of our galaxy

The monster black hole at the center of our galaxy is spinning at ear “top speed,” according to a new artificial intelligence (AI) model. The model, trained partially on complex…

Why Some People Struggle to Recognize Faces of Other Races

Summary: New research reveals that some individuals may experience selective difficulty recognizing faces from racial groups different from their own, a phenomenon known as category-selective face blindness. While general face…