Health News
- Bird flu virus that infected a person in Missouri had a rare mutation
Genetic analysis of a bird flu virus detected in a person in Missouri who didn’t previously have contact with animals offers more details on the case, but experts say there isn’t substantial evidence to suggest human-to-human transmission is happening
- Light has been seen leaving an atom cloud before it entered
Particles of light can spend "negative time" passing through a cloud of extremely cold atoms – without breaking the laws of physics
- Current laws cannot protect civilians in space if something goes wrong
As the space industry evolves, we need a new set of international regulations to decide who is responsible for safety, the number of satellites in space, and more
- Tiny nuclear-powered battery could work for decades in space or at sea
A new design for a nuclear battery that generates electricity from the radioactive decay of americium is unprecedentedly efficient
- Black hole’s jets are so huge that they may shake up cosmology
Spanning 23 million light years, or 220 Milky Way galaxies, a set of giant, newly discovered black hole jets known as Porphyrion may change our understanding of black holes and the structure of the universe
- Freak waves may be more dangerous than we thought possible
Experiments in a state-of-the-art wave tank suggest we have underestimated the potential size and power of rogue waves and the risk they pose to offshore infrastructure
- Why the words we use in physics obscure the true nature of reality
Simple words like "force" and "particle" can mislead us as to what reality is actually like. Physicist Matt Strassler unpacks how to see things more clearly
- AI may help improve equity in pain treatment, MGB study shows
OpenAI's GPT-4 and Google's Gemini did not recommend opioid medication for one group over another – suggesting that artificial intelligence could help address clinician bias and improve fairness in treating pain.
- Clinical IT leaders on meeting CMS' mandate for patient data access
To effectively share data with patients, hospitals and health systems must build a tech foundation centered on interoperability, driven by rigorous data standardization and secure exchanges – and the adoption of HL7's FHIR.
- ‘Shazam for whales’ uses AI to track sounds heard in Mariana Trench
An artificial intelligence model that can identify the calls of eight whale species is helping researchers track the elusive whale behind a perplexing sound in the Pacific