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Transcranial Sonography and Machine Learning for Schizophrenia Identification
Conditions: Schizophrenia Interventions: Diagnostic Test: Transcranial Sonography Sponsors: Taizhou Second People's Hospital Not yet recruiting
Complex interplay of neuronal and hormonal gut-brain responses to essential amino acid deficit
Science, Volume 392, Issue 6800, May 2026.
Interacting effects of human presence and landscape modification on birds and mammals
Science, Volume 392, Issue 6800, Page 879-884, May 2026.
Magnon hydrodynamics in an atomically thin ferromagnet
Science, Volume 392, Issue 6800, Page 873-878, May 2026.
A student takes on Stanford (and the world)
Science, Volume 392, Issue 6800, Page 812-813, May 2026.
STAT+: Closely watched experimental Parkinson’s drug fails key clinical trial
Biogen and Denali Therapeutics said a closely watched experimental therapy for Parkinson’s disease failed to slow the degenerative brain disorder in a randomized trial.
Conceptualizing Acceptance and Knowledge as Process Variables in Internet-Delivered and Therapist-Supported Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Primary Care for Insomnia: Pilot Feasibility and Process-Oriented Randomized Controlled Trial
Background: Internet-based interventions for insomnia show promise, but understanding the process variables, such as knowledge acquisition and psychological acceptance, is crucial for enhancing digital adherence and clinical effectiveness. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility, adherence, and preliminary clinical…
STAT+: 3 burning questions senators had for the NIH director
Besides showing skepticism on the budget, senators grilled the NIH director about a leadership vacuum, two viral outbreaks, and the pace of funding.
STAT+: Merck-Kelun lung cancer drug cut risk of tumor progression by 65%, ASCO abstract shows
A type of targeted chemotherapy developed by China-based Kelun-Biotech and licensed to Merck cut the risk of tumor progression by 65% in patients with lung cancer, according to Phase 3…
Roundtables: Can AI Learn to Understand the World?
Listen to the session or watch below AI companies want to build systems that understand the external world and overcome the limitations of LLMs. Recent developments have brought world models to the forefront of the AI discussion. Watch a conversation…
Melatonin for Kids: Is It Safe?
If you’ve spent any time talking to other parents about sleep, you’ve probably heard about melatonin. One person swears by it. Someone else warns against it. And if your child is struggling to fall asleep, it can be hard to…
Scaling creativity in the age of AI
Storytelling is core to humanity’s DNA, stemming from our impulse to express ideals, warnings, hopes, and experiences. Technology has always been woven through the medium and the distribution: from early humans’ innovation of natural pigments and charcoals for cave paintings…
Guarding biotech from China and big bets in longevity
On this week’s episode of “The Readout LOUD,” the hosts discuss STAT's Breakthrough Summit West, where powerful leaders from health care and science rubbed shoulders. They share some of the…
STAT+: RFK Jr.’s screen time warning
RFK Jr. is urging limits on how much screen time kids get, in a new government advisory.
Anthropic’s Code with Claude showed off coding’s future—whether you like it or not
The vibes were strong at Code with Claude, Anthropic’s two-day event for software developers in London that kicked off on May 19, the same day as Google’s I/O in Palo Alto. (A coincidence, not a flex, Anthropic staffers assured me.)…
The Download: online safety’s future and climate tech’s big pivot
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Tech researchers are suing the Trump administration over the future of online safety For months, the…
Functional brain alterations associated with acupuncture for chronic pain: a scoping review of fMRI studies
BackgroundChronic pain (CP) is a public health challenge recognized as involving large-scale functional brain dysregulation. Acupuncture is widely used as a non-pharmacological intervention for CP, yet its central mechanisms remain incompletely understood. fMRI provides an approach for investigating acupuncture-related brain…