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Advancing living materials with precise control over mechanical properties

Rice University researchers have revealed novel sequence-structure-property relationships for customizing engineered living materials (ELMs), enabling more precise control over their structure and how they respond to deformation forces like stretching or compression.

6 Feb 2025

Dissatisfaction with facial appearance contributes to Zoom fatigue

Facial appearance dissatisfaction is associated with virtual meeting (VM) fatigue, which prompts the use of impression management behaviors and results in lower intention to adopt VM technologies, according to a study published February 5, 2025, in the open-access journal PLOS One by Chaeyun Lim from Michigan State University, U.S., and colleagues.

6 Feb 2025

Novel AI boosts breast cancer detection in mammograms

The MASAI trial reveals AI in mammography increases cancer detection by 29% and decreases radiologists' workload by 44%, ensuring diagnostic reliability.

6 Feb 2025

AI predicts effective treatment for rare disease using existing medications

After combing through 4,000 existing medications, an artificial intelligence tool helped uncover one that saved the life of a patient with idiopathic multicentric Castleman's disease (iMCD).

5 Feb 2025

Acoustic voice signals aid in identifying comorbid anxiety and depression

It's no secret that there is a mental health crisis in the United States. As of 2021, 8.3% adults had major depressive disorder (MDD) and 19.1% had anxiety disorders (AD), and the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated these statistics.

4 Feb 2025

New video series developed to offer support for parents of children with mild hearing loss

Aston University's Dr. Amanda Hall and Dr. Helen Pryce have helped to develop a new series of videos to offer guidance and support to parents of very young children diagnosed with mild hearing loss or hearing loss on only one side.

4 Feb 2025

New method revolutionizes body composition analysis using 3D imaging and deep learning

A recent study introduces an innovative method for analyzing body composition using advanced 3D imaging and deep learning techniques.

4 Feb 2025

NTU spin-off teams up with Osler Group to offer early dementia detection tool

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) spin-off company Gray Matter Solutions is partnering with Osler Group, a premium health and wellness organization in Singapore, to offer a new screening tool that detects mild cognitive impairment (MCI) - the early stage before dementia - efficiently and affordably using Artificial Intelligence (AI).

4 Feb 2025

New microscopy technique offers affordable way to study cancer cell metabolism

Understanding how tumors change their metabolism to resist treatments is a growing focus in cancer research.

3 Feb 2025

Technology improves caregiver experience for families dealing with dementia

Technology is available to assist with nearly every facet of modern life, including helping prevent people with dementia from wandering and alerting their caregivers when they do.

3 Feb 2025

Kennesaw State Professor wins American Heart Association award for aortic valve research

Kennesaw State University mechanical engineering professor Philippe Sucosky has earned a prestigious American Heart Association (AHA) Institutional Enhancement Award to advance his study on bicuspid aortic valve disease and its potential treatments.

3 Feb 2025

Researchers develop model to identify tumor-fighting immune cells in lung cancer patients

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy have developed a computer model to help scientists identify tumor-fighting immune cells in patients with lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.

3 Feb 2025