A new Mayo Clinic study links specific microbial patterns to urinary tract infection risk following pelvic organ prolapse surgery Each year, many women undergo surgery for pelvic organ prolapse, a condition where weakened muscles and tissues allow organs like the bladder or uterus to shift and press against the vaginal wall. This typically results in […]
RNA viruses including SARS-CoV-2 constantly accrue new mutations.Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library The holy grail of pandemic preparedness is being able to predict how a virus will evolve just by looking at its genetic sequence. Those days are still a way off, but a growing number of research groups are using artificial intelligence (AI) to […]
“Loafers are going nowhere. In 2025, they’ll be worn with absolutely everything: socks and skirts, sporty elements, as well as denim, and will often be chosen over a trainer,” content creator Danielle Ward (@littlefashbird) tells Refinery29, pointing to a surge in pre-loved designer purchases from brands like Miu Miu and Prada. “I have a new […]
An undersea volcano off Oregon’s coast will probably erupt in 2025, scientists say. The volcano, known as Axial, is a seamount 300 miles (480 kilometers) west of Cannon Beach, Oregon. The Axial seamount erupts regularly — it rumbled to life in 1998, 2011 and 2015, according to a blog by scientists monitoring the seamount — […]
Heeler family fans are happily howling at the news of Bluey‘s first big movie. Walt Disney Co. and BBC Studios announced Wednesday that the hit Australian animated series’ first feature film would be written by Bluey creator Joe Brumm and released in 2027. The movie will “continue the adventures of Bluey, a loveable, inexhaustible, blue […]
3D representation of the three samples analyzed by CTS. Credit: Farnell Barqué et al., 2024. Hailstones are formed during thunderstorms, when raindrops are propelled into very cold parts of a cloud, where they freeze. Once the particles are heavy enough, gravity pulls them back towards Earth. As they plummet, they grow into hailstones, which can […]
Scientists have developed a new type of machine learning model that can understand and design genetic instructions. The model, dubbed Evo, can predict the effects of genetic mutations and generate new DNA sequences — although those DNA sequences do not closely match the DNA of living organisms. With time and training, however, Evo and similar […]
Whether the sight of an equation makes you jump for joy or run to the hills, there is no doubting that so much of science is guided by the principles laid out in these beautiful collections of symbols and numbers. But from medical testing to artificial intelligenceone mathematical rule guides much of the modern world […]
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Eurozone economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A recent string of indicators pointing to the Eurozone’s slowing growth will probably lead to a 0.25 per cent interest rate cut by the European Central Bank next month, economists predict. The long-standing consensus among […]
Joe Spring Associate Editor, Science The stories on artificial intelligence’s improving ability to predict extreme weather often begin with powerful hurricanes. As Scientific American detailed this year, when Hurricane Lee was moving through the Atlantic Ocean last September, scientists using traditional weather models got a clear idea of where the hurricane would go just six […]
