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Scientists teach computers to read mammograms

June 2, 2025 • 12:35 PM

Today, when we visit the website of many companies dealing in consumer goods (e.g. - banks), we are greeted by a chat "representative" on the home page. We tell this "representative" the reason for our visit (for e.g. - I am looking to get a new credit card) and we are redirected to the page where we would find relevant information. Some companies go a step further and ask a series of questions (for e.g. spending habits, preferences) and try to determine which product would work best for us.

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The same hormone could be responsible for love and aggression

June 2, 2025 • 12:35 PM

In our day-to-day lives we are called upon to make instantaneous "engage or avoid", snap judgments when encountering new people; these judgments may play significant roles in our future interactions, such as choosing a potential mate, for example, or sidestepping or taking on conflict. Behavioral and social cognition research, including a recent study published by a team at the University of Bonn in Germany and the University of Electronic Science and Technology in Chengdu, China led by Prof....

The dancing cells make the embryo

June 2, 2025 • 12:35 PM

A powerful study in embryology by a team from European Molecular Biology Labs (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany and Institut Curie, Paris reveals what drives cells in becoming the fetus rather than the placenta very early in mouse embryo development.

Soon after the sperm and egg meet forming an embryo, it divides into a mass of cells. According to the lead author at Institut Curie, Dr. Jean-Leon Maître, "In the very first days of our development, cells make their very first decision of either...

Reading literary fiction is good for your social skills

June 2, 2025 • 12:35 PM

For most of us, our childhood includes visits to the libraries with our parents. As we were growing up, perhaps for some of us reading a book like Sherlock Holmes, Famous Five, The Great Gatsby or The Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy became a ritual every night before we went to sleep. Interestingly, we have heard similar stories from numerous friends and acquaintances. Parents encouraged our reading practices because they felt like it was a "good habit".

Now new research shows that reading fiction...

Heart nano-patch makes a small bionic footprint

June 2, 2025 • 12:35 PM

Heart disease is one of the biggest concerns for the aging populations. Someone has a heart attack every three minutes in the UK, with 30% of these attacks being fatal. New technologies to help patients recover from a heart attack are desperately needed, which is where a new paper by Harvard researchers focuses on.

The paper published in Nature Nanotechnology, by Dr. Charles M. Lieber and others at Harvard University describes how nanotechnology could help medicine, treat people with heart...

Scientists uncover remarkable protein diversity in corn

June 2, 2025 • 12:35 PM

Corn, or maize as it is otherwise known, is a major food source of the world, and now a whole new aspect of corn has been discovered. The implications of the discovery are large for the agricultural community as well as for the world where so many depend on corn for sustenance and food.

The corn plant is much more diverse and complex than previously thought! It is like finding a long lost chapter to a historical text- it gives new meaning to the book, or in this case, plant.

Professor Doreen...

Clean your workplace to sharpen your brain

June 2, 2025 • 12:35 PM

Ever felt bogged down right at the start of the day as you approach your cluttered desk? A recent study finds a link between long-term cognitive well-being and an unclean workplace.

Previous work has shown that working in an environment polluted with toxins such as mold and lead or a noisy unstimulating atmosphere, has a negative effect on brain health of people during aging; scientists have been debating about which factor is more important.

This study by a team of international researchers...

Das Burnout: The Emotional Impact of Stress at Work

June 2, 2025 • 12:35 PM

Everyone has felt stress at work at some point, it's natural. Whether it be working to deadlines, an important meeting or even just working hard to get that much-needed promotion and pay rise. However, when the occasional work stress turns into daily work stresses then this this stress can have seriously adverse impacts on your health and you may find yourself coming dangerously close to burning yourself out. In Germany, as reported by the Wall Street Journal, stress at work is becoming so bad...

Touching a cause of autism

June 2, 2025 • 12:35 PM

When Arjun (name altered to maintain patient confidentiality) was about eight years old, one of his teachers decided to tickle him along his arm, when he was playing. Normally kids enjoy such interactions, often accompanied by peals of laughter. But it was not the case for Arjun.

Arjun flinched, pushed her hand away sharply, recoiling at this interaction and avoided her for sometime.

Arjun is afflicted with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD). As the name suggests, ASD alludes to a range of...

Bending proteins to make breast cancer drugs more effective

June 2, 2025 • 12:35 PM

Imagine you are trying to prevent a water leak, so you plug the hole from where the water is escaping. Except after a while, the water starts leaking slowly from another hole. As you can imagine, this does not solve the problem.

Similarly, current targeted therapies, such as the drug trastuzumab, have limited efficacy in combating invasive breast cancer cells.

These methods target a specific protein, HER2, which appears at a higher concentration on the surface of invasive breast cancer cells...

Breakthrough for Preeclampsia

June 2, 2025 • 12:35 PM

A team of scientists have created the first ever 3D printed placenta in order to study preeclampsia more effectively.

Preeclampsia is thought to affect 5-10% of all pregnancies worldwide, and severe cases develop in 1-2% of pregnancies.

The exact cause of preeclampsia remains unknown but is thought to occur when there is a problem with the placenta, the organ that connects the mother to the baby.

Despite preeclampsia being the current leading cause of death from pregnancy, there are very few...

Gluten free diet- is it worth the hype?

June 2, 2025 • 12:35 PM

We've all seen the gluten-free labels in supermarkets and cafes or know someone who is "gluten-free" at the moment for the health benefits.

But is a gluten-free diet really worth all that effort?

A recent article by Dr. Norelle Reilly at Columbia University outlined the facts and fiction behind this new health trend, which may surprise you.

Gluten is a part of wheat and is added to bread products to make them more elastic.

A gluten free diet is critical for someone who suffers from wheat...

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