An fMRI image with yellow areas showing increased activity. Credit: Wikipedia/ CC BY 3.0 Artificial intelligence (AI) models trained on large datasets are increasingly seen as the key to unlocking…
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Eye scan can reveal risk of having a heart attack or stroke
Credit: Cardiovascular Diabetology (2025). DOI: 10.1186/s12933-024-02564-w A simple digital photograph of the back of the eye can predict a major cardiovascular event—such as a heart attack or stroke—set to happen…
Roman bathing complex discovered in eastern Türkiye
A team of archaeologists from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism have unearthed a 1,700-year-old bathing complex in the village of Elazığ, eastern Türkiye. Traces of Roman occupation were first…
Raising awareness of extreme indoor temperatures
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Research from the University of Waterloo has made it possible to accurately track indoor temperatures to determine households with life-threatening conditions. While there is legislation in…
Unraveling respiratory illnesses with iPSCs on microfluidic chips
Illustration of the iPSC-derived lung chips. Credit: KyotoU / Yokokawa lab Respiratory infections such as COVID-19 have been responsible for numerous pandemics and have placed a substantial burden on health…
Research highlights unreliable responses from most Amazon MTurk users, except for ‘master’ workers
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study led by Dr. Vadim Axelrod, of the Gonda (Goldschmied) Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center at Bar-Ilan University, has revealed serious concerns about the quality…
3,800-year-old warrior’s tomb found intact
Archaeologists in Azerbaijan have found an intact kurgan, an ancient burial mound dating back nearly 3,800 years during the Middle Bronze Age. Led by Dr. Shamil Najafov of the Institute…
Ancient settlement provides new evidence on Roman transition
Archaeologists from Cotswold Archaeology have uncovered the remains of a substantial rural settlement in Fordingbridge, England, dating back to the Late Iron Age and continuing into the Roman period. The…
Tiny Brain Region Orchestrates How We Segment and Remember Life Events
Summary: Our memories don’t flow like a continuous stream—they’re divided into meaningful events, thanks to a tiny brain region called the locus coeruleus. New research shows this region acts like…
Velar adhesion reduces cleft width prior to palatoplasty in cleft lip
For patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP), velar adhesion (VA) reduces cleft width prior to palatoplasty and is associated with a lower incidence of otitis media with effusion…
