When you eat something super tasty, ever wonder why you really don’t want to stop even though you know you’ve…
Machine-learning system used to diagnose genetic diseases
Scientists have utilized a machine-learning process and clinical natural language processing (CNLP) to diagnose rare genetic diseases in record time.…
Who really hit the basketball out of bounds?
When a basketball is knocked out of bounds, it matters who touched it last. Determining which player touched last is…
A first in medical robotics: Autonomous navigation inside the body
Bioengineers report the first demonstration of a robot able to navigate autonomously inside the body. In an animal model of…
Synthetic speech generated from brain recordings
A state-of-the-art brain-machine interface created by neuroscientists can generate natural-sounding synthetic speech by using brain activity to control a virtual…
Exposing cancer’s metabolic addictions
Researchers describe a new set of ‘rules’ that predict how the tissue of origin influences critical aspects of the genetic…
Could a popular food ingredient raise the risk for diabetes and obesity?
Consumption of propionate, a food ingredient that’s widely used in baked goods, animal feeds, and artificial flavorings, appears to increase…
First maps of two melatonin receptors essential for sleep
An international team of researchers used an X-ray laser to create the first detailed maps of two melatonin receptors that…
Treating addiction: Cryo-EM technology enables the ‘impossible’
Scientists used a compound found in a shrub native to Africa to reveal the three major shapes of the serotonin…
Neurotransmitter that helps cancers progress IDed
Using human cancer cells, tumor and blood samples from cancer patients, researchers have uncovered the role of a neurotransmitter in…