4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (383+ words) A new study has uncovered an unexpected feature of human DNA linked to gene activity and the physical organization of DNA. The findings, published in Cell, could change how scientists think about DNA organization, transcription, and genome function. DNA and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (456+ words) New research digs into how the heart, lungs, and brain work together to shape experience. We speak of “butterflies in the stomach,” a “racing heart,” being “choked up,” or needing to “catch our breath.” Language routinely treats emotion and thought…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (415+ words) (Credit: Fangjie Qi/NC State) Researchers from have created teardrop-shaped soft robots that leap upward or forward when exposed to infrared light—and will keep jumping as long as the light is present. The work demonstrates a new mechanism for…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (580+ words) A new model teaches workplace AI to read more like humans. Modern artificial intelligence (AI) platforms can summarize reports, analyze documents, and answer questions in seconds. But when information is spread across dozens of slides, charts, and tables, even advanced…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (520+ words) A seizure is a sudden, overwhelming wave of electrical energy passing through the brain in a matter of seconds—so fast, in fact, that it’s been nearly impossible to fully capture where these electrical bursts originate, how they move and…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (617+ words) New research digs into why we breeze through some sentences in a book or article but have to reread others to comprehend their meaning. A team of linguists and data scientists has found a partial answer in AI—some of…...