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Asthma inhaler.

Asthma misinformation on TikTok gets 3x more likes than accurate videos

Misleading TikTok videos about asthma are not only common but also significantly…
DNA.

AI tools unlock DNA’s hidden 3D ‘instruction manual’ to fight disease

Understanding how DNA is folded in 3D is “crucial for figuring out…
Scenes from America.

AI stress for students jumps to 78% amid ‘crisis of connection’ in the US

Americans are grappling with a “crisis of connection”, and surging anxiety over…
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan.

CZI unites scientific teams as Biohub in AI push to cure all diseases

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is uniting its multidisciplinary scientific teams into a…
Alzheimer's v normal ageing comparison using NextBrain

AI-assisted brain atlas maps 333 regions for living patient MRI analysis

A new AI-assisted brain atlas that can help visualise the human brain…
Older woman.

Ageing is an evolutionary feature, not a bug, says anthropologist

In a culture obsessed with youth and a booming anti-ageing industry, one…
he image shows block letters hanging in the air, reading "SPORTS" with "SQU" below. The avatar hand points to an A arriving at an empty box, with another empty box to its right. A countdown timer reads 95 seconds to go. The letters and numbers appear against a background of green grass, trees and a gray and blue

Scientists tackle lag to enable virtual reality rehab games from home

University of Michigan researchers are leading a $3.5 million effort to eliminate…
Brain organoids.

Japanese public reject brain organoid donations over consciousness fears

More than 90 per cent of Japanese citizens expressed serious hesitation or…
Mamluk Maqāmas on the Black Death

Medieval poem debunked after 700 years, rewriting Black Death history

A single 14th-century rhyming poem, mistakenly believed to be a historical fact,…
Neural implant.

Neural implant smaller than salt grain tracks brain wirelessly for year

Cornell researchers have developed a neural implant so small that it can…