Tech & Engineering
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16-Oct-2025
AI analysis of world’s largest heart attack datasets opens way to new treatment strategies
University of ZurichPeer-Reviewed Publication
A landmark international study led by the University of Zurich has shown that artificial intelligence can assess patient risk for the most common type of heart attack more accurately than existing methods. This could enable doctors to guide more personalized treatment decisions for patients.
- Journal
- The Lancet Digital Health
16-Oct-2025
Overheating bat boxes place bats in mortal danger during heatwaves
The Company of BiologistsPeer-Reviewed Publication
Bat boxes could be death-traps for nocturnal bats during heatwaves say researchers in Journal of Experimental Biology. When bat boxes are situated in full sun in a heatwave the temperature within can exceed 50°C during the day when the bats are asleep, roosting, and unable to relocate, causing them to suffer extreme dehydration and die.
- Journal
- Journal of Experimental Biology
16-Oct-2025
Vanderbilt scientist tackles key roadblock for AI in drug discovery
Vanderbilt UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
Vanderbilt’s Dr. Benjamin P. Brown is improving the way the field of drug discovery creates machine learning algorithms to predict a protein’s interactions with a small molecule. These improvements bring ML closer to fulfilling its potential in the field—something that has not been realized after more than a decade of work.
- Journal
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Funder
- NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse
16-Oct-2025
A ‘flight simulator’ for the brain reveals how we learn—and why minds sometimes go off course
Tufts UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
A new kind of computer model--grounded in real biology--helps reveal how the brain both adapts and misfires, laying the groundwork for more precise treatments for mental health disorders.
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- Nature Communications
- Funder
- NIH/National Institute of Mental Health, NIH/National Institute of Mental Health, NIH/National Institute of Mental Health, National Science Foundation, National Science Foundation, National Science Foundation
16-Oct-2025
Learning the language of lasso peptides to improve peptide engineering
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignPeer-Reviewed Publication
In the hunt for new therapeutics for cancer and infectious diseases, lasso peptides prove to be a catch. Their knot-like structures afford these molecules high stability and diverse biological activities, making them a promising avenue for new therapeutics. To better unleash their clinical potential, a team from the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology developed LassoESM, a new large language model for predicting lasso peptide properties.
- Journal
- Nature Communications
16-Oct-2025
UNF chemistry professor awarded NSF Grant to advance laser-based measurement technology
University of North FloridaGrant and Award Announcement
The University of North Florida has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to advance laser-based measurement technology in order to find more accurate and reliable chemical measurements across diverse scientific fields.