Menstrual Equity Summit unites NYC teens in advocacy for menstrual justice
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Ultrasound AI, a pioneer in artificial intelligence applications for medical imaging, today announced the publication of groundbreaking findings from its PAIR (Perinatal Artificial Intelligence in Ultrasound) Study in The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. The study was performed in collaboration with researchers at the University of Kentucky and validates Ultrasound AI’s proprietary technology that more accurately predicts time to delivery using only standard ultrasound images. This technology offers a non-invasive, efficient, and scalable tool for improving pregnancy outcomes, particularly in the fight against preterm birth.
Human retina has built-in "clockwork" to synchronize visual signals
Visual signals from neighboring retinal cells can travel vastly different distances to reach the brain - and yet we don't see a scrambled, delayed picture. New research from IOB Basel reveals why: the retina itself synchronizes these signals before they leave the eye.
Published in Nature Neuroscience, the study shows that retinal nerve fibers with longer paths develop larger diameters, allowing faster signal transmission. This "axonal tuning" reduces timing differences to mere milliseconds, ensuring all visual information arrives at the brain simultaneously.
The discovery challenges assumptions that the brain alone coordinates visual timing. Instead, the eye acts as its own sophisticated timing mechanism - revealing fundamental principles about how our nervous system achieves temporal precision.
Public health officials had an unprecedented tool for near-instant, widespread communication during the COVID-19 pandemic and mpox epidemic: social media.
Now, one of the first studies of its kind, led by a health policy expert with the Texas A&M University School of Public Health, has found that X (Twitter at the time of the events) brought advantages — as well as disadvantages — in getting the word out.