Decoding new DNA 'letters' to advance medicine and biotechnology

A research team led by the A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS) have developed a method to accurately and ...
Medical Xpress

Algorithm maps genetic connection between Alzheimer's and specific neurons

The number of people living with dementia worldwide was estimated at 57 million in 2021 with nearly 10 million new cases recorded each year. In the U.S., dementia impacts more than 6 million lives, ...
Scientific American

Diagnosing Type 1 Diabetes before Symptoms Strike

This article is part of “Innovations In: Type 1 Diabetes,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex. In 2024 Stephen Rich and his colleagues ...
SFGate

High schoolers photograph rare coyote in Bay Area park

Arnav Singhal was at Guadalupe Oak Grove Park in San Jose with his father and 4-year-old sister on a recent Friday afternoon when he saw something dart across the grassy clearing and leap onto a ...
Santa Monica Daily Press

If hate-fueled algorithms cause real-world harm, California tech companies should pay

Whether by design or by quiet submission to a rapidly-evolving digital landscape, the world’s largest social media companies have allowed their platforms to become factories of division, ...
News Medical

High-resolution imaging reveals how polymyxins trigger rapid shedding of bacterial armor

A team led by UCL (University College London) and Imperial College London researchers has shown for the first time how life-saving antibiotics called polymyxins pierce the armor of harmful bacteria.
High Times

Weed Causes ‘Infertility, Miscarriages, and Genetic Defects’ — Bullpoop. That’s the Claim; the Evidence Says Otherwise.

Bottom line: This shows a possible lab signal, not proof that cannabis users struggle to get pregnant or have more miscarriages. The TV piece said “infertility, miscarriages, genetic defects.” The ...
Wired

OpenAI Ramps Up Robotics Work in Race Toward AGI

The company behind ChatGPT is putting together a team capable of developing algorithms to control robots and appears to be hiring roboticists who work specifically on humanoids. The company has ...
EurekAlert!

High-resolution genetic tools pave way for future ginseng cultivars

Case study for application of SNP chip across inbreeding population which bred and maintained by pureline selection. Five accessions (A–E) were inspected and two individuals from each accession were ...
Newsweek

Human Evolution May Explain High Autism Rates

Scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that autism may have it roots in how the human brain has evolved. "Our results suggest that some of the same genetic changes that make the human brain ...
Business Wire

HeartBeam’s Deep Learning Algorithms Demonstrate High Rates of Accuracy for Detecting Arrhythmias

New study presented at HRX Live 2025 demonstrates continued advancement of company’s AI program HeartBeam's AI algorithm performed equally well on HeartBeam 3D ECG system and standard 12L ECGs in ...