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Chatbot answers now draw on a wider range of claims than three years ago, a new analysis of 27 systems finds, yet even the most diverse one still trails a simple web search by nearly 19 percent.
Stanford researchers traced two separate progenitor cells in mouse embryos, one wiring up the thinking brain and the other the life support system of breathing and heartbeat, explaining why hindbrain neurons have been nearly impossible to grow in a lab.
Stanford scientists genetically stripped mouse pups of most of their cortex, then filled the gap with human stem cell derived brain tissue that wired into the mouse’s nervous system and reached its spinal cord.
A Stanford trial found teens and young adults rated social media health warnings, already mandated in four states, more discouraging than platforms’ own screen-time nudges, though perceived persuasiveness doesn’t guarantee anyone actually logs off.
Ultracold atoms trapped by lasers and light bouncing between mirrors formed a spin glass, a notoriously disordered magnetic state, that stored several times more memories than a standard artificial neural network of the same size.
By systematically disabling nearly 12,000 genes across 33.4 million primary human T cells, researchers revealed how genetic networks drastically alter their behavior between resting and activated immune states.
A gel-coupled transducer, no incision and no drug, revved the drainage plumbing of a stroke-injured rodent brain, routing red-cell residue to neck lymph nodes and lifting survival to five in six from half.
A protein already linked to Alzheimer’s turns out to hijack mitochondria directly, flipping their energy production into reverse and flooding nerve cells with reactive molecules, according to a new multi-species study.
Aged mice cleared their spent immune cells poorly, and worn-out neutrophils piled up in their organs. Switching off a single macrophage receptor, EP2, restored the clean-up and held back decline across the body, from brain to heart.
In the first adequately powered ARFID trial, family-based treatment moved 98 children from 85.7 to 90.5 per cent of expected body weight while individual therapy left weight flat — but both cut symptoms by the same amount. Every child enrolled was underweight, and 42 per cent of applicants were excluded for not being.
California’s FAIR Plan now covers many low-risk homes, as a Stanford study warns wildfire losses, not just premiums, drive the insurance crisis.
Engineered macrophages struggle to expand and persist as cancer therapies. USC researchers found a way to grow their upstream progenitors on a massive scale by blocking one enzyme. CAR-engineered versions attacked leukemia and solid tumors in mice. A new receptor design even recruited the host’s immune system across mismatch barriers.