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In March 2023, then 14-year-old Jude Downer became one of the first patients at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt to receive an implantable device designed to aid sleep. The post Implantable device helps young patients with obstructive sleep apnea appeared first on VUMC News.... Read more »

Dozens of people pitched in to help leadership at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt get an up-to-date review of emergency preparedness. The post “This could happen any day.” Volunteers and staff pitch in for the first large-scale mass casualty drill held at VUMC in 15 years. appeared first... Read more »

The class was created by a specialty team that works with young adults who have experienced their first hospitalization or episode of psychosis within the past two years. The post Healing Through Expression: Young Adults’ Journey in Recovery Art Workshop (slideshow) appeared first on VUMC News.... Read more »

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The newly built facility, located at 8124 Sawyer Brown Road, provides a comprehensive suite of diagnostic imaging options. The post Vanderbilt Imaging Services Bellevue opens, expands capabilities in West Nashville appeared first on VUMC News.... Read more »

The fashion show and luncheon included grateful patient families and health care heroes from Monroe Carell walking the runway. The post Photo Gallery: Friends & Fashion event raises funds in style appeared first on VUMC News.... Read more »

Feeding and swallowing problems, known as dysphagia, occur in an estimated 25% to 45% of normally developing children. The post New clinic focuses on pediatric feeding and swallowing issues appeared first on VUMC News.... Read more »

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The portrait was unveiled during a celebration event at the Annette and Irwin Eskind Family Biomedical Library and Learning Center. The post Churchwell honored with portrait unveiling appeared first on VUMC News.... Read more »

A CRISPR treatment seems to have been effective for a baby’s devastating disease, but it is not clear whether such bespoke therapies can be widely applied... Read more »

Medical research shows that social isolation is a serious chronic stressor. You can say something similar about its impact on our political system... Read more »

A coalition of autism scientists has formed to counter RFK, Jr.’s misrepresentations of science and of autism spectrum disorder... Read more »

A new study suggests the universe's end could occur much sooner than previously thought. But don't worry, that ultimate cosmic conclusion would still be in the unimaginably distant future... Read more »

As U.S. childhood vaccination rates sway on a “knife’s edge,” new 25-year projections reveal how slight changes in national immunization could improve—or drastically reverse—the prevalence of measles, polio, rubella and diphtheria... Read more »

The quirks of light moving through gas are the cause of stellar twinkling, which can be a bane—and sometimes a boon—for astronomers... Read more »

Refreezing the melting sea ice in the Arctic is more complicated than you would think. The U.K. is funding geoengineering experiments like this one to curb the effects of climate change.... Read more »

A bill to repeal the ban on supersonic flights over the U.S. could increase the demand for the gas-guzzling jets from around a dozen to as many as 240... Read more »

Fossilized claw tracks discovered in Australia show that the animal group that includes reptiles, mammals and birds formed earlier than expected... Read more »

Your orange cat may host a never-before-seen genetic pathway for color pigmentation, according to new studies... Read more »

A Google DeepMind system improves chip designs and addresses unsolved math problems but has not been rolled out to researchers outside the company... Read more »

NASA’s astrobiology ambitions are at risk of collapsing under the White House’s proposed budget. But your voice can make a difference... Read more »

Technology has made it easier than ever to quickly find, identify and record birds. But to truly appreciate feathered friends, consider unplugging... Read more »

Newborn pilot whales have been spotted mysteriously swimming among pods of orcas. Scientists are trying to puzzle out how the pilot whale calves got there and what happened to them... Read more »

Nature, Published online: 16 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01517-xLucrative prizes are offered for an AI-powered breakthrough in communications between humans and other species.... Read more »

Nature, Published online: 16 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01540-yIn response to US turmoil, premier establishments such as the European Research Council have sweetened incentives to attract talent.... Read more »

Nature, Published online: 16 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01538-6The US administration has cancelled ‘DEI grants’ without defining DEI, leaving health-equity researchers in the dark.... Read more »

Nature, Published online: 16 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01591-1A single trapped ytterbium ion can be used to simulate complex changes in the energy levels of organic molecules interacting with light.... Read more »

Nature, Published online: 16 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01425-0A device involving solar panels and a gel produces substantial amounts of water in one of the world’s driest deserts.... Read more »

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01514-0Why is recruitment often speedier in industry? Julie Gould investigates what the two sectors can learn from each other in the race to source top talent.... Read more »

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01518-w‘Directed’ evolution in the laboratory creates an editing tool that outperforms classic CRISPR systems.... Read more »

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01496-zTreatment seems to have been effective, but it is not clear whether such bespoke therapies can be widely applied.... Read more »

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01590-2The highs and lows of looking for ‘the one’ during a PhD. Plus, mice with a human gene grow bigger-than-usual brains and reptiles might have evolved 35 million years earlier than we thought.... Read more »

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01498-xThe sacs grew to roughly 2 centimetres wide and could be used to study early pregnancy.... Read more »

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01427-yThe consumption and investments of the wealthiest 10% contribute disproportionately to the emissions that drive heat waves and drought.... Read more »

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01486-1Buried in lab work or drowning in data? Take a break and help shape the future of PhD education.... Read more »

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01426-zImmune-system responses to cell therapies produce long-term effects on cognition in mice.... Read more »

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09104-wKu limits RNA-induced innate immunity to allow Alu-expansion in primates... Read more »

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 19, May 2025. <br/>... Read more »

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 19, May 2025. <br/>SignificanceMany cellular processes such as wound healing, immune activation, and DNA damage repair require a temporally decompact and accessible chromatin structure. Whether such short-term remodeling of the chromatin impacts nucleus mechanics and ...... Read more »

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 19, May 2025. <br/>SignificanceDysregulated Wnt signaling is a well-established driver of colorectal carcinogenesis. However, its pivotal role in normal intestinal stem cell homeostasis has posed significant challenges for its therapeutic inhibition, highlighting the need ...... Read more »

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 19, May 2025. <br/>SignificanceThe development of small molecule KRAS inhibitors has proven to be a challenge. Recent clinical development of covalent KRAS G12C inhibitors demonstrates the potential of targeting KRAS oncogenic proteins directly. Compounds that target the ...... Read more »

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 19, May 2025. <br/>SignificanceOGG1S326C, a variant widely recognized as a risk factor for various malignancies and other diseases, has drawn significant attention due to its high prevalence (~20% in Caucasians and ~40 to 60% in Asians) in human populations. Despite... Read more »

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 19, May 2025. <br/>SignificanceAlthough stress has significant impact on brain and behavior, its effects vary between individuals. Relatively little is known about how social status contributes to individual differences in stress vulnerability. We report that stress affects ...... Read more »

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 19, May 2025. <br/>SignificancePseudomonas aeruginosais a common cause of hospital-related infections and a formidable health threat due to its evolving antibiotic resistance.PaGluRS is homologous to other bacterial GluRSs in its domain architecture, but has evolved a ...... Read more »

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 19, May 2025. <br/>SignificanceThe TWIK-2 potassium channel is a member of the two-pore domain potassium (K2P) channel superfamily and a potential therapeutic target to control severe inflammatory injury involving the NLRP3 inflammasome. We report the cryo-EM structure of ...... Read more »

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 19, May 2025. <br/>SignificanceIn forests, nutrient uptake is assumed to occur almost exclusively in soils. As a key limiting nutrient to plant growth, nitrogen cycling by plant roots and their associated microbes in bedrock has significant implications for deeply rooted... Read more »

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 19, May 2025. <br/>SignificancePolarons—electronic excitations and the deformations they cause in a host material—are the primary energy carriers in semiconductors. While advances in microscopy can now map their nonequilibrium transport, theoretical understanding lags due ...... Read more »

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 19, May 2025. <br/>SignificanceLarge language models (LLMs) are a type of artificial intelligence technology that is currently being deployed in a rapidly growing range of applications. The sensitive nature of some of these applications makes it imperative that we have... Read more »

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 19, May 2025. <br/>SignificanceCalcium carbonate biomineralization, crucial for many marine organisms, often proceeds via amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) as an intermediate. Using a stopped-flow in situ small-angle X-ray scattering setup with≈10 ms resolution, we reveal ...... Read more »

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 19, May 2025. <br/>SignificanceAn elastostatic cloak conceals a defect from the material response to (quasi-)static mechanical stimuli under any elastic disturbance to the surrounding medium. Existing optimization-based design approaches severely bias their cloaks toward a ...... Read more »

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 19, May 2025. <br/>Recent research has identified several effective strategies for reducing Americans’ animosity toward supporters of opposing political parties. However, whether these strategies can durably reduce partisan animosity in a scalable manner and in everyday ...... Read more »

University of Michigan spinout company Courage Therapeutics, which is developing medications for eating disorders and obesity, has received a seed investment of up to $7.8 million from Arsenal Bridge Ventures.... Read more »

Economic forecasts are always, by their nature, hazy. A risk here, a caveat there. But with the recent onslaught of tariff action, risks have multiplied significantly.... Read more »

Stronger cell phone signals, more accurate sensors and cleaner energy may be achieved by adding a simple step to the industrial fabrication process of certain semiconductor materials, documented in a recent study led by engineering researchers at the University of Michigan.... Read more »

Exposure to higher rates of violence in the larger social context may spill over to family violence, including caregivers' use of physical child abuse, according to a new University of Michigan study.... Read more »

Empowering everyday community members to lead suicide prevention efforts—by promoting wellness, strengthening relationships and implementing tailored actions—can significantly reduce the risk among youth.... Read more »

A large percentage of American children are growing up in households with at least one parent who uses alcohol or other drugs in problematic ways—raising the risk that those children will go on to do the same, a new study suggests.... Read more »

Archaeologist Brian Stewart, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan, has conducted research in the small southern African country of Lesotho for 15 years.... Read more »

When it comes to Facebook, news matters—not the fake stuff but the real kind generated by working journalists.... Read more »

Older adults with vision problems face a heightened risk of falls and premature death, according to a new University of Michigan study.... Read more »

With Cardinal Robert Prevost having been selected as the first American pope in Catholic history, Silvia Pedraza, professor of sociology and American culture at the University of Michigan, offers her insights on what this groundbreaking appointment means for the global Church.... Read more »

The University of Michigan Board of Regents has named Domenico Grasso as the university's interim president, effective immediately.... Read more »

Higher student attendance coincides with fewer illegal gun-related expulsions in Michigan public K-12 schools, according to research led by the University of Michigan.... Read more »

The Flint Block Party will feature local and regional artists, including many U-M alums and faculty, creating large-scale relief prints using a steamroller as a printing press. Relief printmaking involves designing, carving and printing handmade stamps using ink and pressure, and visitors can witness these live demonstrations for free in... Read more »

The National Academy of Sciences recently announced the election of 120 members and 30 international members, including two from the University of Michigan, in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.... Read more »

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Do the benefits of exercise differ by sex? The answer is yes, evidence suggests.... Read more »

Does 8x magnification cut it for both stargazing and wildlife spotting, or is it just too small for either activity?... Read more »

Challenges in visual and spatial processing and a deficit in training data have revealed a surprising lack of timekeeping ability in AI systems... Read more »

Also known as "volcano snails," these gastropods grow a suit of metal-enriched scaly armor and have an enormous heart, which helps them survive in oxygen-poor water in the deep ocean.... Read more »

The moon spent a few million years as a volcanic wasteland, covered with ongoing eruptions that spewed from mountains and even from the ground itself.... Read more »

Elephants have the largest ears in the animal kingdom, and there's a practical reason for that.... Read more »

May 17, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.... Read more »

The record sheds light on the climate early humans experienced when they were spreading out of Africa.... Read more »

Newborn pilot whales have been spotted mysteriously swimming among pods of orcas. Scientists are trying to puzzle out how the pilot whale calves got there and what happened to them.... Read more »

NASA's PUNCH mission, a tiny constellation of four satellites, captured a photo of the moon drifting across the sky through a haze of sunlight. The mission is still undergoing commissioning and is expected to start science operations June 9.... Read more »

New research has linked sea level rise and an increase in flooding in the U.S. Northeast over the past 20 years to the breakdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).... Read more »

Researchers have discovered how orange cats got their coats — and why so many of them are male. The coat color comes from a genetic mutation on the X chromosome of orange, calico and tortoiseshell cats.... Read more »

More than 15 billion miles from home, Voyager 1's ailing thrusters were threatening to abort the craft's mission. Until NASA engineers brought them miraculously back to life.... Read more »

Three 1,500-year-old burials in the Negev desert have pendants of bone and ebony that may depict the deceased individuals' ancestors.... Read more »

Degrees will be conferred during the universitywide Commencement on May 22 at Homewood Field... Read more »

Jenna Halpin, a member of the Class of 2025, earned the Pallas Athene Award from Women's Army Corps Veterans' Association... Read more »

Nexus Awards Program supports a diverse range of programming, research, and teaching at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center... Read more »

The Khan Academy founder and CEO, who will speak at JHU's Commencement later this month, answered a variety of questions about his life and career... Read more »

Programs promising to save endangered species of sharks and other fish by incentivizing their release may be backfiring, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins and Oxford University... Read more »

Porterfield returns to Johns Hopkins in a new role designed to harmonize operations and enhance services across the institution's entire research enterprise... Read more »

More than 60 years after earning her bachelor's degree, Myrna Blyth enrolled in the master of liberal arts program at Hopkins. Blyth, who will graduate Monday at age 86, said this degree pursuit was 'less purposeful but more meaningful.'... Read more »

Hopkins neuroscientist Richard Huganir is close to finding a potential life-changing treatment for kids with SYNGAP1-related disorders, but cuts to federal funding could delay or halt the progress... Read more »

Sean Lee, a member of the Class of 2025, and alum Toby Mao will receive up to three years of tuition at Stanford University, along with stipends for living costs, academic expenses, and travel... Read more »

The classical dance team emerged victorious in Chicago with a performance that critiqued India's caste discrimination... Read more »

Environmental and public health advocates, military veterans among students invited to transfer to Johns Hopkins... Read more »

Wright, who joined the university in 2023, has played a critical role in advising university leadership on a range of issues over the past two years... Read more »

Designed by Johns Hopkins bioengineers, Re-Kinesis was named a finalist in the National Institute on Aging's 2025 Start-Up Challenge, which recognizes researchers' innovative, science-driven interventions for age-related diseases... Read more »

With their groundbreaking research into HIV and cancer, this year's Student Employees of the Year represent the future of medicine and public health... Read more »

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China has just launched the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility, or CHIEF, a groundbreaking research tool that simulates extreme gravitational conditions. This state-of-the-art hypergravity…... Read more »

The daisy world model, a conceptual framework illustrating how life can regulate a planet’s environment, has inspired new methods to detect self-regulating “exo-daisy worlds” (eDWs)…... Read more »

Scientists have solved the long-standing mystery of Uranus’s cooling thermosphere, attributing the phenomenon to long-term changes in the solar wind—the flow of charged particles and…... Read more »

Astronomers have identified a unique multi-planet system, K2-360, featuring an ultra-dense “super-Earth” and an outer planetary companion. This discovery, published in Scientific Reports on November…... Read more »

Astronomers have discovered a unique astronomical system where two galaxies are perfectly aligned to form a compound gravitational lens, marking the first observation of such…... Read more »

A team of physicists has proposed a groundbreaking experiment aimed at determining whether gravity exhibits quantum properties when measured, potentially providing insights into one of…... Read more »

Cornell scientists are pioneering a library of spectral signatures based on basalt rock samples to help analyze the composition of rocky exoplanets and detect potential…... Read more »

A new study led by researchers from the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science explores the idea that advanced extraterrestrial civilizations might eventually reach a…... Read more »

A new study has uncovered a biological link between inflammation and motivational deficits in people with schizophrenia, identifying a promising treatment target for symptoms that current medications fail to address. Higher levels of the inflammatory marker C-reactive protein were associated with reduced activity in brain regions involved in reward and... Read more »

Breathwork, or the practice of intentionally controlling one’s breathing, has been shown to calm brain activity, reduce anxiety, and even ease symptoms of depression. Deep, slow breathing engages neural circuits that regulate emotional states, producing a measurable calming effect.... Read more »

A new study finds that elevated cortisol levels in midlife are linked to increased brain amyloid deposition—a key marker of Alzheimer’s disease—specifically in post-menopausal women. Researchers tracked 305 cognitively healthy individuals over 15 years and discovered that high cortisol predicted amyloid buildup later in life, but only among women who... Read more »

Infants hospitalized with severe COVID-19 mount an immune response that looks entirely different from that of adults or older children. Researchers found both interferon responses and inflammation were elevated simultaneously—something never before observed in other viral infections.... Read more »

Researchers have found a surprising similarity between the way large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT process information and how the brains of people with Wernicke’s aphasia function. In both cases, fluent but often incoherent output is produced, suggesting rigid internal processing patterns that can distort meaning.... Read more »

A new study reveals that acetaminophen (Tylenol) relieves pain by reducing levels of an endocannabinoid called 2-AG, rather than increasing it as previously thought. This discovery challenges decades-old assumptions about how pain relief works and may open the door to designing safer, more targeted medications.... Read more »

Mindfulness is well known for its calming effects, but researchers now propose that different types of mindfulness practices may be more effective for specific types of anxiety. A new framework suggests that focused attention meditation may benefit those who worry chronically, while open monitoring may help individuals with hypervigilance and... Read more »

Despite vast ecological differences, animals from meerkats to hyenas appear to follow a shared behavioral architecture in how they switch between activities. By tracking movement patterns with accelerometers and using machine learning, researchers discovered that the longer an animal stays in one behavior—like resting or foraging—the less likely it is... Read more »

New research suggests that personality testing could help tailor treatment for people with bipolar disorder by predicting who is more likely to experience recurrent depression or struggle with daily life functioning. Analyzing data from over 2,500 individuals, researchers identified combinations of personality traits—called personality styles—that either increase or protect against... Read more »

Alzheimer’s disease is traditionally seen as a brain disorder, but new research using fruit flies reveals that it also affects organs and tissues throughout the body. Scientists created an Alzheimer’s Disease Fly Cell Atlas to profile gene expression across 219 cell types in flies expressing human Alzheimer’s proteins.... Read more »

Despite sharing over 98% of our DNA with chimpanzees, humans possess strikingly advanced cognitive and emotional abilities. A new study reveals that rapid shifts in gene regulation—rather than changes in protein-coding genes—may explain this leap.... Read more »

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