6+ min ago   (55+ words) Artificial intelligence systems that watch video have become remarkably good at recognizing what they see, but they remain surprisingly poor at understanding why things happen. A research team now reports a new self-supervised framework, called TRACE, that pushes video understanding…...

18+ min ago   (75+ words) A transporter sitting in the walls of the brain’s blood vessels has turned out to be one of the most important gatekeepers of brain chemistry during development, according to a new study published in iScience. The protein, known as SLC38A2, shuttles…...

18+ min ago   (603+ words) When a dog develops mammary tumors, veterinarians almost never find just one. Roughly half to sixty percent of dogs diagnosed with canine mammary tumors carry multiple, physically distinct growths at the same time, a phenomenon known as synchronous tumor development....

34+ min ago   (674+ words) Beneath every harvest in the United States lies an intricate microscopic economy, one that most consumers never see but every farmer depends upon. Andi Jilling, an assistant professor of environmental health sciences at the University of South Carolina’s Arnold School…...

34+ min ago   (532+ words) Hidradenitis suppurativa is one of dermatology’s most misunderstood and underappreciated diseases. The chronic inflammatory skin condition, which causes painful nodules, abscesses, and draining tunnels known as sinus tracts, most often develops in intertriginous areas such as the armpits, groin, and…...

43+ min ago   (54+ words) Scientists in Sweden have confirmed that a single immune-related protein, measured in the cerebrospinal fluid that bathes the brain and spinal cord, falls steadily as Huntington’s disease advances — and that this decline mirrors how sick patients actually become. The protein,…...

43+ min ago   (476+ words) A synthetic molecule from a family of compounds long prized by medicinal chemists may offer a new line of attack against one of the most stubborn pathogens in modern hospitals....

43+ min ago   (539+ words) A mitochondrial enzyme long known simply as a workhorse of cellular energy production has been revealed as a powerful suppressor of colorectal cancer, one of the most common and deadly malignancies worldwide....

1+ hour, 4+ min ago   (70+ words) Scientists in China have found a way to lock superhard diamond particles into a high-entropy alloy coating so effectively that the material’s wear loss drops by more than 16 percent and its wear volume by over 40 percent compared with the alloy…...

1+ hour, 4+ min ago   (82+ words) The GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide has already reshaped the conversation around obesity medicine, and a new systematic review and meta-analysis published in the International Journal of Obesity adds an important dimension to that story. The analysis examined what happens when…...