A KAIST research team has identified, for the first time, a brain circuit specifically responsible for forming fear memories in the absence of physical pain, marking a significant advance in understanding how psychological distress is processed and drives fear memory formation in the brain.

A research group formed by the Cognitive Neurotechnology Unit of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology and the Hoshino Laboratory of the Department of Integrated Health Sciences of the Graduate School of Medicine at Nagoya University discovered that, compared to individuals without schizophrenia, individuals with schizophrenia are more susceptible to perceiving the “glare illusion”, a visual phenomenon in which the central region of an image appears to be brighter than it is, due to a gradient of brightness in the surrounding region. This discovery may provide a clue to understanding how individuals with schizophrenia process visual information. The findings of the study were published in the online version of the journal, Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, on May 19, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scog.2025.100366

Professor Anton GARTNER (Distinguished Professor at the UNIST Graduate School of Medicine and Associate Faculty of the IBS Center of Genomic Integrity) and IBS Research Fellow Stephane ROLLAND announced that they have elucidated the molecular mechanism by which LEM-3 cuts DNA bridges during cytokinesis.

The LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) kicked off the ‘HKUMed Sports Health’ initiative, aiming to promote a transformative sports health landscape in the city. As a primary healthcare advocate, HKUMed is set to unite the realms of sports development, medical education, research, and clinical services in a bid to champion a healthier, more active society.

An Australian study has become the first in the world to unravel the immediate effects of a high-fat diet on our gut health.