Findings will help identify patients with breast, ovarian, pancreatic or prostate cancer who may benefit from targeted therapies ROCHESTER, Minn. — Findings from a multi-institutional, international study led by researchers from the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center have significantly advanced the understanding of genetic alterations in the BRCA2 gene, a key player in hereditary cancer […]
Getty Images Most patients with Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias (ADRD) experience the gradual onset and progression of cognitive symptoms, leading to decline over years or decades. However, in a small subset of patients, symptoms begin rapidly, leading to dementia within one year and complete incapacitation within two years of symptom onset. A […]
So-called reasoning AI models are becoming easier — and cheaper — to develop. On Friday, NovaSky, a team of researchers based out of UC Berkeley’s Sky Computing Lab, released Sky-T1-32B-Preview, a reasoning model that’s competitive with an earlier version of OpenAI’s o1 on a number of key benchmarks. Sky-T1 appears to be the first truly […]
Nature, Published online: 07 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00018-1 Researchers: concentrate on bread-and-butter issues to get political buy-in
As U.S. lawmakers debate issues around health care for transgender youth, it’s been difficult to determine the number of young people receiving gender-affirming medicationsleaving room for exaggerated and false claims. Now, a medical journal has published the most reliable estimate yet and the numbers are low, reflecting more clearly on medical practices now being weighed […]
Alcohol distilled in a replica of a disgraced emperor’s 2,000-year-old bronze vat may help rewrite China’s drinking history. Although famous medical texts like the 16th century Ming Dynasty’s Bencao Gangmu originally cited the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368 CE) as the earliest evidence of Chinese alcoholic distillation, recent experiments conducted by a team affiliated with Zhengzhou University […]
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study reveals a direct link between storytelling ability and a sense of meaning and quality of life. The study, conducted in Israel and the United States, found that people who are good storytellers enjoy more fulfilling lives, a clearer sense of purpose, and the ability to see the “big picture.” […]
Front row, from left to right: Peter Wolynes, Guido Pagano and Jose Onuchic. Back row, from left to right: Roman Zhuravel, Midhuna Duraisamy Suganthi and Visal So. Credit: Alex Becker/Rice University Researchers at Rice University have made a meaningful advance in the simulation of molecular electron transfer—a fundamental process underpinning countless physical, chemical and biological […]
Shown here, Jack Grimm, UW doctoral student in materials science and engineering and a doctoral intern at PNNL, prepares an enamel sample for atom probe tomography by loading it into a plasma-focused, ion-beam scanning electron microscope. Credit: Andrea Starr/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Teeth are essential for helping people break down the food they eat, and […]
An innovative experimental study by a team of scientists from Chungnam National University, Korea shows how a chitosan and gallic acid conjugate can be used as an eco-friendly and non-toxic food coating material to extend the shelf life of perishable fruits. Credit: Professor Won Ho Park from Chungnam National University, South Korea With significant improvements […]
