Clinical response seen for patients with severe asthma initiating biologics

Patients with severe asthma initiating biologics exhibit clinical responses and super-responses, but 40 to 50% do not meet response criteria, according to a study published online June 22 in Allergy.…

Supranormal Hearing Achieved by Boosting Ear Synapses

Summary: Researchers have enhanced auditory processing in young mice by increasing inner ear synapses using neurotrophin-3. This study supports the hypothesis that synapse density impacts hidden hearing loss in humans.…

Study establishes revised radiocarbon dating of the Kyrenia shipwreck

A new study, published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, has applied new radiocarbon calibration techniques to date the Kyrenia shipwreck. The Kyrenia is an ancient Greek merchant ship discovered…

Digital Devices Hinder Kids’ Emotional Regulation Development

Summary: A new study reveals that using digital devices to manage children’s tantrums hampers their ability to regulate emotions later in life. Researchers found that frequent use of tablets or…

New study upends prevailing theory on transportation of Stonehenge bluestones

A new study, published in the Quaternary Newsletter journal, suggests that the Bristol Channel was a glacial transport route. This is evidenced by a large glacial erratic discovered in Limeslade…

Surge in Microdosing Interest Linked to Relaxed Drug Policies

Summary: A new study reveals a 1250% increase in Google searches for micro dosing from 2015 to 2023, driven by relaxed regulations on cannabis and psychedelics. The research shows policy…

Rheumatoid arthritis patients with mono-, oligo-arthritis, high PGA remain most fatigued

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with mono- or oligo-arthritis and high Patient Global Assessment (PGA) at diagnosis remain the most fatigued, according to a study published in the June issue of…

EU further scrutinizes Microsoft, OpenAI tie-up

The EU concluded Microsoft’s tie-up with OpenAI does not mean the US tech giant has control of the ChatGPT maker. The EU will examine the impact of Microsoft’s multi-billion-dollar partnership…

Discrete-time rewards efficiently guide the extraction of continuous-time optimal control policy from system data

At each sampling time instant, one observes system output and action to form discrete-time rewards. The sampled input-output data are collected along the trajectory of the dynamical system in real-time,…

Electrochemically molecular-imprinted catalysts enable high-energy-density Li-S batteries

(a) Discharge and charge curves for MSs. (b) Illustration of electrochemical MI strategy. Credit: Science China Press High energy density is a crucial direction for future battery development. Lithium-sulfur (Li-S)…