EurekAlert! In the Spotlight - Artificial Intelligence

Welcome to In the Spotlight, where each month we shine a light on something exciting, timely, or simply fascinating from the world of science.

This month, we’re focusing on artificial intelligence (AI), a topic that continues to capture attention everywhere. Here, you’ll find the latest research news, insights, and discoveries shaping how AI is being developed and used across the world.

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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 2-Jan-2026 11:11 ET (2-Jan-2026 16:11 GMT/UTC)

30-Oct-2025

Bearcats for Life: New mentorship program connects UC public health students, alumni

University of Cincinnati

The University of Cincinnati’s new Master of Public Health Alumni-Student Mentorship Program connects graduates of the program to current students to support them to reach their academic and professional goals.

29-Oct-2025

UOsaka breatkthrough: World’s fastest and most accurate self-evolving edge AI for real-time forecasting

The University of Osaka
Reports and Proceedings

Researchers from SANKEN at The University of Osaka have successfully developed a groundbreaking “self-evolving” edge AI technology that enables real-time learning and forecasting capabilities directly within compact devices. This innovation, termed MicroAdapt, achieves unprecedented speed and accuracy. It processes data up to 100,000 times faster and achieves up to 60% higher accuracy compared to conventional state-of-the-art deep learning methods. This achievement represents a major advance toward next-generation real-time AI applications across manufacturing, automotive IoT, and medical wearables, addressing critical limitations of existing cloud-dependent AI.

Funder: Japan Science and Technology Agency

29-Oct-2025

Machine learning accelerates catalytic applications of 2D materials

ELSP
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Two-dimensional (2D) materials have shown extraordinary potential in electrocatalytic reactions due to their unique structural and electronic properties. In a new review published in AI Mater., first author Chenchen Qi and colleagues from China University of Petroleum (East China), together with international collaborators, highlight how machine learning (ML) is revolutionizing the discovery, design, and performance prediction of 2D catalytic materials, providing a faster, data-driven pathway toward sustainable energy technologies.

Journal: AI & Materials

29-Oct-2025

University hospitals research published in New England Journal of Medicine shows durability of limb salvage therapy for no-option amputation patients

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

An update in the New England Journal of Medicine has shown that transcatheter arterialization of the deep veins using the LimFlow System is a reliable and long-lasting therapy helping patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia avoid amputation.

Journal: New England Journal of Medicine

29-Oct-2025

MIT study: Identifying kids who need help learning to read isn’t as easy as A, B, C

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study suggests screenings to identify children who struggle to learn to read may not work as intended in all schools: Many teachers did not receive adequate training to perform the tests, and about half reported they were not confident children who need extra instruction in reading end up receiving it.

Journal: Annals of Dyslexia
Funder: Schmidt Futures, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative for the Reach Every Reader project, Halis Family Foundation

29-Oct-2025

For battered brands, consumers can be defenders

University of Texas at Austin
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In newly published research, Texas McCombs Professor of Marketing Hoyer explores what drives different types of "brand defenders." “In today’s world, everything is a two-way interaction, and consumers get involved in the process,” Hoyer says. “They make videos and they stand up for the brands. They can be very valuable in offsetting negative communication.” How can companies can appeal to each type or brand defender?

Journal: Journal of Interactive Marketing

29-Oct-2025

Artificial neurons developed by USC team replicate biological function for improved computer chips

University of Southern California
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and School of Advanced Computing have developed artificial neurons that replicate the complex electrochemical behavior of biological brain cells. The innovation, documented in Nature Electronics, is a leap forward in neuromorphic computing technology. The innovation will allow for reduction in the chip size by orders of magnitude, reduce its energy consumption by orders of magnitude and could advance artificial general intelligence.

Journal: Nature Electronics
Funder: Army Research Office, Army Research Office, MURI, Center of Excellence, Air Force Research Laboratory, U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. National Science Foundation