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If a health claim about a dietary intervention sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Mizina/iStock via Getty Images Plus – By Aimee Pugh Bernard, Assistant Professor of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Published: 2025 Jan 28 – …
A compound called EBC-46 has shown promise as a potential HIV cure, using a “kick and kill” mechanism to remove dormant reserves of the virus. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2025 Jan 31 – HIV has become a more manageable condition in recent years, …
The FDA has approved a novel first-in-class analgesic. Original image via Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2025 Jan 30 – The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of a novel painkiller as an effective treatment for short-term moderate-to-severe pain in adults. …
DeepSeek’s open-source model shows that the US way is not the only AI way. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2025 Jan 27 – The US AI giants got a wake-up call this week, when fledgling Chinese firm DeepSeek wiped a record-breaking trillion dollars off …
It’s a lot easier to get salmonella from pet dogs than you might think. Justin Veenema / Unsplash – By Abhimanyu Ghoshal 2025 Jan 26 – You’ve probably heard that Salmonella is most commonly transmitted through food or water contaminated by the bacteria of …
AI detects lung diseases from the tiniest of ultrasound details. Generated by DALL-E – By Bronwyn Thompson 2025 Jan 23 – A breakthrough new AI model is able to detect the presence of different lung diseases from ultrasound videos, with 96.57% accuracy, and it …
Canadian startup Nirvanic hopes to prove quantum consciousness theories by creating sentient AIs and robots. And yes, this is a company to be taken seriously. Nirvanic Consciousness Technologies – View 6 Images – By Loz Blain 2025 Jan 22 – As science wrestles with …
“Behind the scenes” on a 99% AI-generated production. László Gaál – By Loz Blain 2025 Jan 20 – If you want to understand the cataclysmic impact generative AI is about to have on the film industry, this one short video should make it very …
The caldera of Zavaritskii volcano. Oleg Dirksen/University of St. Andrews – By David Szondy 2025 Jan 19 – A climactic mystery about a year that gave Summer a deadly pass may have been solved. Using new ice core techniques, scientists have concluded that the …
Rare footage captures meteorite descending to Earth on doorbell camera – video Sound was also recorded in footage of space rock hitting house entranceway, producing cloud of smoke and a crackle Associated Press The Guardian 2025 Jan 17 – A doorbell camera on …
