UCSB Researchers Identify New Pathway in Alzheimer’s Disease
UC Santa Barbara researchers report a new direction in Alzheimer’s disease research with a key discovery about the fate of neurons damaged…
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New Technology Improves Precision of Neural Prosthetic Hands
Summary: Researchers have developed a new method to improve neuroprostheses that promises greater precision and practicality for everyday tasks. By decoding neural…
Can We Control AI? Risks and Strategies
Summary: In his forthcoming book AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable, AI safety researcher Dr. Roman V. Yampolskiy warns that current evidence does not…
AI Tool Distinguishes Baby Cries: Fussy, Hungry, or in Pain
Summary: A new deep learning approach, adapted from automatic speech recognition techniques, can accurately detect meaningful features in an infant’s cry and…
Physics Reveals Why Friends and Foes Cluster
Summary: Researchers used tools from statistical physics and advanced network modeling to validate the long-standing axiom, “the enemy of my enemy is…
How Processed Foods Impair Memory in the Aging Brain
Summary: A diet high in heavily processed foods triggered rapid neuroinflammation and memory decline in aged rats. Adding DHA, an omega-3 fatty…
Engineered Stem Cells Could Lead to ALS Treatment
Transplanting human stem cells into muscles improved survival and preserved muscle function in rats modeling ALS, a progressive nerve disease that destroys…
Why Persistence Matters in the Human Gut Microbiome
Summary: Most bacterial strains in the human gut microbiome remain persistent within families and geographic regions; individual strains have over a 90%…
MS Drug Shows Promise for Improving Memory
Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine have identified a previously unrecognized action of fingolimod (FTY720), a drug widely used to…
How Preconceived Beliefs Shape Perception of Others’ Emotions
How Our Preconceived Ideas Shape the Way We See Emotions on Faces Summary: A new NYU study reveals that how we interpret…
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