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Eight sessions of non-invasive brain stimulation improve postural response in people with Parkinson’s disease

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

A study conducted at São Paulo State University indicates that the non-invasive technique provides lasting benefits by reducing the risk of falls. The study involved 22 volunteers with Parkinson's. disease

Journal: Gait & Posture
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Arctic plunge to bring sub-zero temps and snow; take extra care to stay heart healthy

American Heart Association

A significant Arctic blast expected to hit the U.S. starting later this week will bring the coldest air of the season, dangerous wind, heavy snow - and the risk of heart issues - to those living in communities from the Great Plains to the Great Lakes. The exertion of shoveling snow in extreme cold can be deadly.

Mathematics for social change: small area estimation in action

Kyushu University

In statistics, data collection is a difficult process that demands thoughtful consideration. Securing a sufficient sample size can be challenging, or even impossible, regardless of the method employed. Small area estimation is a promising statistical technique that not only focuses on the target data but also incorporates data from related areas to improve mathematical accuracy. We spoke with Masayo Hirose, a researcher specializing in small area estimation, who shared the unique appeal of this field, the future direction of her work, and the message she hopes to convey to students.

Animal experiments: Figures, myths, alternatives

BfR Federal Institute for Risk Assessment

A myth has been circulating among pet owners for decades: free-roaming dogs and cats are caught by dubious criminal animal catchers – and then abused in laboratories for animal testing. “But there is a clear ban on this: animals like these may not be used for animal testing,” explains biologist and neuroscientist Dr Philipp Schwedhelm from the German Centre for the Protection of Laboratory Animals (Bf3R) at the BfR. In the German-language BfR science podcast ‘Risiko’, Schwedhelm explains the recently published figures from the laboratory animal statistics for 2024, which he oversees and talks about myths surrounding animal testing and the search for alternatives.

Estonian scientists are cracking the code of the sugars that protect newborns

Estonian Research Council

Human breast milk contains a molecular secret that science has spent decades trying to replicate. These human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) account for just one per cent of breast milk, yet they train an infant’s immune system, block infections and shape gut health in ways that formula still cannot match, writes TalTech’s news portal Trialoog.

Listening to Kamilaroi Women: Report findings highlight risk of losing art of cooking with native grasses

Griffith University

Project helps restore Kamilaroi women’s knowledge of native grass growing and breaking in Moree.

Frontier supercomputer ushers in new era of nuclear AI

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Tech startup Atomic Canyon used the Frontier supercomputer to train nuclear-specific AI models to radically speed up document search and analysis capabilities for nuclear reactors. The AI models are designed to radically reduce the time, labor and resources the nuclear industry spends searching the millions upon millions of complex nuclear documents related to parts, maintenance records, engineering evaluations, regulations and plant procedures. Once fully developed, the open-source AI models could be used in plants all across the country.

Funder: Advanced Scientific Computing Research

How biomedical innovation is healing animals to help people

University of Utah Health

A new surgical device developed through University of Utah research is saving animals’ lives by helping them heal from serious, hard-to-treat infections—and providing a proof of concept for potential use in people.

New benchmark: Material scientists train AI with microscopy analysis data from 10,000 steel samples

Saarland University

With some 5,000 grades of steel available today, the steel manufacturing process hinges on fine nuances. To create new properties or to ensure consistent material quality, steels are analysed using a range of imaging techniques. Over many years, Professor Frank Mücklich and his research team have built extensive expertise in this field. Using their data from microscopy-based analyses, they have trained an AI to detect the smallest of changes in steel. This AI can now serve as a benchmark in industrial laboratories that conduct analyses of metallic and ceramic materials.

Call for papers: Special issue on foundation models for intelligent control in autonomous driving traffic systems

Tsinghua University Press

We are excited to announce a special call for papers for an upcoming issue of Communications in Transportation Research (COMMTR) that is dedicated to the emerging intersection of generative models and intelligent control in autonomous driving traffic systems.

Journal: Communications in Transportation Research

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