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Medical Xpress / New AI uncovers hidden patterns in biomedical knowledge graphs

A new artificial intelligence (AI) method called BioPathNet helps researchers systematically search large biological data networks for hidden connections—from gene functions and disease mechanisms to potential therapeutic ...

Jan 20, 2026 in Health informatics
Phys.org / New structural insights reveal how human respiratory chain complexes assemble

A new study shows how one of the cell's most important energy-producing machines is built. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have mapped late steps in the formation of the human respirasome, a large protein assembly that ...

Jan 19, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Community water fluoridation not linked to lower birth weight, large US study finds

A new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health finds that community water fluoridation (CWF) is not associated with significant changes in birth weight—a widely accepted indicator of infant health ...

Jan 20, 2026 in Health
Phys.org / Knock, knock... mapping comedic timing with a computational framework

Researchers propose a computational method to reveal the hidden timing structure of live performance. Vanessa C. Pope and colleagues present a framework, called Topology Analysis of Matching Sequences (TAMS), that algorithmically ...

Jan 20, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Multiple autonomous AI systems spontaneously collaborate to advance materials research

A joint research team from NIMS and University of Tsukuba have developed an autonomous AI network technology that allows multiple autonomous AI systems to efficiently discover new materials by spontaneously collaborating ...

Jan 20, 2026 in Chemistry
Phys.org / Parasitic fungi infect nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria, altering Baltic Sea nutrient cycles

Under the lead of the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) the influence of parasitic fungi on the physiology and survival of cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea was investigated. Such infections are known ...

Jan 21, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Seismic 'snapshot' reveals new insight into how the Rocky Mountains formed

No one ever thought the birth of the Rocky Mountains was a simple process, but we now know it was far more complex than even geophysicists had assumed.

Jan 20, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / New method reveals quantum states using indirect measurements of particle flows

A team from UNIGE shows that it is possible to determine the state of a quantum system from indirect measurements when it is coupled to its environment.

Jan 20, 2026 in Physics
Tech Xplore / Why AI has not led to mass unemployment

People have become used to living with AI fairly quickly. ChatGPT is barely three years old, but has changed the way many of us communicate or deal with large amounts of information.

Jan 21, 2026 in Business
Phys.org / Teen girls cannot escape unrealistic beauty ideals on social media, researchers say

Girls between the ages of 13 and 19 are widely exposed to beauty content online that promotes products unsuitable for young skin—even when they are not actively seeking beauty-related information. Moreover, they believe ...

Jan 19, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Atomistic simulation software CP2K enables AI models

The CP2K open-source package is among the top three most widely used research software suites worldwide for simulating the behavior of atoms and molecules. Among other applications, CP2K plays an important role in generating ...

Jan 19, 2026 in Chemistry
Tech Xplore / The sky is full of secrets: Glaring vulnerabilities discovered in satellite communications

With $800 of off‐the‐shelf equipment and months' worth of patience, a team of U.S. computer scientists set out to find out how well geostationary satellite communications are encrypted. And what they found was shocking.

Jan 20, 2026 in Telecom