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A new study finds that familiar video games like Super Mario Bros. and Yoshi can spark childlike wonder, increase happiness, and reduce burnout risk in young adults.
New research shows Super Mario and Yoshi games can boost happiness and reduce burnout risk among stressed young adults.
Rebecca Shavitupda
A team from Mass General Brigham and MIT has created a firefly inspired ingestible capsule that shines light inside the small intestine and reads how much comes back. In pigs, its luminance signal identified acute mesenteric ischemia with about 90 percent accuracy, hinting at a future where a simple pill could help doctors catch this often fatal emergency before the bowel dies.
HealthSwallowable light sensing pill could catch deadly gut ischemia before it killsJoshua Shavit
Plastic bottles and polyester textiles may become feedstock for medicines.
HealthResearchers convert recycled household plastics into anti-cancer medicationMac Oliveau
Antelope bone fragment in rock from the 3-million-year-old early human site, Makapansgaat (South Africa).
DiscoveriesMetabolites preserved in fossil bones reveal ancient diets, diseases, and habitatsJoseph Shavit
McGill researchers show dopamine supports movement through steady signaling, not moment-to-moment control, reshaping views of Parkinson’s treatment.
HealthNew research challenges our understanding of Parkinson’s diseaseRebecca Shavit
Researchers point out that this is a physical phenomenon called ultraweak photon emission, or UPE.
HealthLiving plants and animals emit a faint glow that fades after deathJoshua Shavit
New MIT research shows briefly silencing an eye can restore adult amblyopia by restarting brain plasticity.
HealthMIT study reveals how vision can be restored in adults with ‘lazy eye’Mac Oliveau
A long-term Swedish study suggests high-fat cheese and cream may lower dementia risk, while other dairy foods show no benefit.
HealthHigh-fat cheese linked to lower dementia risk in long-term studyRebecca Shavit
A new study finds that artificial intelligence can estimate biological aging from routine chest X-rays
AINew AI tool can detect early signs of aging from routine chest X-raysShy Cohen
MIT researchers have discovered a way to enlist the liver to counter age-related declines in T-cells (shown), restoring their numbers and boosting the body’s response to vaccination.
HealthNew MIT mRNA therapy restores immune defenses lost with ageJoseph Shavit
A large clinical trial found that pairing eflornithine with lomustine helps people with recurrent grade 3 IDH-mutant astrocytoma live longer and delay tumor progression.
HealthNew drug combination boosts life expectancy from grade 3 brain tumors by 45% or moreMac Oliveau
UCLA researchers developed an AI tool that finds undiagnosed Alzheimer’s using health records while reducing racial disparities.
HealthNew AI Tool identifies undiagnosed Alzheimer’s cases and reduces racial gapsShy Cohen
A new study reveals that Ret finger protein acts as a molecular accelerator for fat cell growth, shaping obesity and metabolic health.
HealthRet finger protein behaves like a hidden accelerator for obesity, study findsMac Oliveau
A team at Simon Fraser University has built a soft chest belt with 3D printed suction cup electrodes and built in AI that can pre diagnose 10 types of irregular heart rhythms, offering cleaner, faster monitoring in hospitals and remote communities.
AIOrigami 3D printed belt uses AI to spot dangerous heart rhythms in real timeShy Cohen
New research suggests life began in sticky gels that protected early chemistry before cells existed.
HealthLife may have begun in sticky gels long before the first cells formedRebecca Shavit
Large U.S. and Chinese studies show that restoring normal blood sugar in prediabetes cuts heart deaths and hospitalizations by more than half.
HealthLowering blood sugar may cut heart death risk in half — helping over a billion prediabetics worldwideMac Oliveau
New research shows counties with higher rates of insufficient sleep consistently have shorter life expectancy
HealthUS county-level study links poor sleep to reduced life expectancyRebecca Shavit