Is marriage a prescription for happiness? A new poll says yes While marriage can be hard work, a new survey suggests it can also be a powerful elixir for happiness. Feb 9, 2024 0 4
Reducing diabetes medication costs can help improve outcomes, especially for low-income patients A new study led by researchers at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute has found that reducing out-of-pocket costs for patients with diabetes, especially those considered low-income, can be one step toward improving ... Feb 9, 2024 0 30
Study argues that large language models can reveal breakthroughs in neuroscience that humans alone cannot The past year has seen major advances in large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT. The ability of these models to interpret and produce human text sources (and other sequence data) has implications for people in many ... Feb 9, 2024 0 66
Temperature-sensitive prosthetic limb improves amputee dexterity and feelings of human connection Sensory feedback is important for amputees to be able to explore and interact with their environment. Now, researchers have developed a device that allows amputees to sense and respond to temperature by delivering thermal ... Feb 9, 2024 0 15
Research links prison time with increase of TB Tuberculosis, the main cause of death due to a single pathogen globally, causes more than 1.5 million deaths each year. New research from the University of Cincinnati finds that being in prison or being a former prisoner ... Feb 9, 2024 0 58
3D brain mapping opens a window to the aging brain By mapping brain activity in three dimensions, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have achieved a more detailed picture of how the brain changes with age. Feb 9, 2024 0 27
New tumor spatial mapping tool to assess cancer aggressiveness and personalize treatment Scientists have developed a new AI tool that maps the function of proteins in a cancerous tumor, enabling clinicians to decide how to target treatment in a more precise way. Feb 9, 2024 0 28
COVID-19 rapid tests: How good are they? The COVID-19 pandemic marked the first time in the history of pandemics where self-testing was used as an essential component of a widespread public infection control and prevention strategy. Nearly four years into the pandemic, ... Feb 9, 2024 0 41
Researchers discover one million new components of the human genome Researchers at the University of Toronto's Donnelly Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Research have found nearly one million new exons—stretches of DNA that are expressed in mature RNA—in the human genome. Feb 9, 2024 0 305
The path of escape: How breast tumor cells avoid common cancer therapy An interdisciplinary team of UNC-Chapel Hill researchers from computational medicine, genetics, biostatistics, and surgery investigated how cell cycle flexibility allows tumor cells to escape the effect of anti-cancer drugs ... Feb 9, 2024 0 22
