Clinical Trial
AI system flags early Alzheimer's from speech with 88% accuracy
A model analysing 90-second voice recordings detected early cognitive decline years before clinical diagnosis in a multi-site trial.
Clinical Trial
Peer-reviewed
A new language model learns physics without being told the rules
Large neural networks trained only on video learned to predict how objects fall, collide and balance — hinting at an…
Preprint
Open benchmark finds top chatbots still fail simple logical puzzles
A rigorous new evaluation of 14 leading models shows headline scores mask brittle reasoning on out-of-distribution tasks.
Meta-analysis
Mediterranean diet linked to 23% lower dementia risk in 25-year study
A quarter-century cohort of 60,000 adults found the strongest protective association yet between diet and long-term brain health.
Clinical Trial
Single-dose gene therapy restores hearing in children born deaf
Eleven children with a rare inherited deafness regained significant hearing after a one-time inner-ear gene therapy, sustained at one year.
Peer-reviewed
Universal flu vaccine candidate protects against every known strain in animal trials
An mRNA vaccine encoding all 20 influenza subtypes produced broad immunity, raising hopes for a one-shot seasonal jab.
Peer-reviewed
Room-temperature superconductivity claim survives independent replication
Two labs independently reproduced zero resistance in a hydride compound under moderate pressure, reviving a contested field.
Peer-reviewed
Physicists trap antimatter long enough to measure how it falls
In a landmark test, antihydrogen was shown to fall downward under gravity — exactly as Einstein predicted, ending a century…
Preprint
New measurement deepens the muon mystery that could break physics
The muon's magnetic moment still disagrees with the Standard Model — but a rival calculation muddies whether it's truly new…