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Pervasive patterns in bird songs resemble those in human speech and song and are independent of vocal learning
Science, Volume 394, Issue 6823, Page 556-561, October 2026.
Constructing the history of a contested region
Science, Volume 394, Issue 6823, Page 492-492, October 2026.
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3090 results
The Hong Kong Genome Project is a flagship initiative for precision medicine in Chinese populations
Nature Medicine, Published online: 12 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04421-7The Hong Kong Genome Project established a genome sequencing database that provides improved diagnoses for patients and more efficient, population-tailored carrier status screening. Actionable pharmacogenomic variants were identified in almost all participants, informing…
General-purpose large language models outperform specialized clinical AI tools on medical benchmarks
Nature Medicine, Published online: 12 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04431-5In an independent evaluation, frontier large language models outperformed specialized clinical artificial intelligence tools on medical knowledge, clinician alignment and real-world clinical queries.
Striatal pathways dissociably control action counting and goal-directed steering
Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 12 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02330-zStriatal direct and indirect pathways jointly control how many actions are performed during counting, and how animals move toward specific goals. These pathways implement a push–pull controller for discrete action counting as well…
The Download: “reprogramming” aging, and the hidden sense of interoception
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. Why “reprogramming” is the buzziest approach to reversing aging right now Earlier this week, Life Biosciences,…
You do your own time
There we were, a regular murderers’ row of librarians. Little Jo. Eustace. And me. Turning around in the nave of our library to greet the sound of footsteps, pistols leveled in case whoever was coming in didn’t respect sanctuary. Little…
Inside interoception: The hidden sense of how you feel inside
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of science and technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. Your brain lives in the dark space of your skull. Yet…
Why “reprogramming” is the buzziest approach to reversing aging right now
Earlier this week, Life Biosciences, a biotech company focused on reversing age-related diseases, announced that it had dosed its first volunteer. A person with glaucoma has had an experimental treatment injected straight into their eyeball. The idea is to try…
Bergen Four-Day Treatment (B4DT) for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Conditions: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Interventions: Other: Bergen Four-Day Treatment (B4DT) Sponsors: Tampere University Hospital; Tampere University Not yet recruiting
FEEL-GOOD: A Multicenter Trial of a Mindfulness-Based Group Therapy in Young Adults With Early Psychosis
Conditions: Early Onset Psychosis; First Psychotic Episode Within the Last 5 Years; First-episode Psychosis; Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (SSD); Psychosis; Psychosis NOS; Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) Interventions: Behavioral: FEEL GOOD; Other: Treatment as Usual (TAU) Sponsors: Stephanie Mehl; German Research Foundation;…
An Investigator-Initiated, Randomized, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy Study to Evaluate the Adjunctive Effect of CreNeuroS™ CNS Fish Oil Plus Softgels in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder Receiving Escitalopram.
Conditions: Adjunct in the Treatment of Depressive Disorder Interventions: Combination Product: Escitalopram (as escitalopram oxalate) tablet +CreNeuroSTM CNS Fish Oil Plus Softgels; Combination Product: Escitalopram (as escitalopram oxalate) tablet +Placebo softgels Sponsors: Sichuan Credit Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; Vivotech Research Lab…
Adjunctive Oral KET-AD Capsules in Treatment Resistant Bipolar Depression
Conditions: Treatment Resistant Bipolar Depression Interventions: Drug: KET-AD; Other: Placebo Sponsors: Neurocentrx Pharma Pty Ltd Not yet recruiting
Sertraline Combined With Multi-Strain Probiotics for Adolescent Depression
Conditions: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD); Probiotic Intervention Interventions: Drug: Sertraline Sponsors: First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University Recruiting
Improving Mental Healthcare Outcomes for Minoritized Veterans Through a Peer-led, Patient Navigation Program (PARTNER-MH 2.0)
Conditions: Diagnoses of Depression; Anxiety; PTSD Interventions: Behavioral: PARTNER-MH; Behavioral: Educational Brochure Sponsors: VA Office of Research and Development; Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Indiana University; VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System; White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center Not yet recruiting
Sleep Quality and Biomarkers in Adolescent Girls With Anorexia Nervosa
Conditions: Anorexia Nervosa Interventions: Procedure: Longitudinal Fasting Blood Sampling for Biomarker Assessment; Other: Multimodal Psychiatric Treatment Program; Device: Home Polysomnography - NOX A1 Sponsors: University of Split, School of Medicine; University Hospital of Split Not yet recruiting
Study on Mental Health Promoting Effects of Natural Psychotherapy for Adolescents
Conditions: Anxiety Disorders; Depressive Disorder; Mental Health Interventions: Behavioral: Multi-modal Nature-based Meditation; Behavioral: Intervention diary Sponsors: Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital; Capital Normal University; Tsinghua University Not yet recruiting
Investigating the Efficacy and Mechanisms of Individualized tACS Targeting Anhedonia in Late-Life Depression
Conditions: Late-Life Depression; Anhedonia Interventions: Device: Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS); Device: shame tACS Sponsors: Jie Li Recruiting
A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mental Fitness Intervention for Anesthesiology Resident Wellbeing and Self-Compassion
Conditions: Wellness; Self Compassion; Burnout; Anxiety; Depression Interventions: Other: App-based bundled mental fitness intervention; Other: App-based wellness module collection Sponsors: Massachusetts General Hospital Not yet recruiting
Long-term isolation and archaic introgression shape functional genetic variation in Near Oceania
Science, Volume 392, Issue 6803, June 2026.
Assessing the net climate benefits of improved grazing intensity in global rangelands
Science, Volume 392, Issue 6803, Page 1161-1166, June 2026.
News Feed
Pervasive patterns in bird songs resemble those in human speech and song and are independent of vocal learning
Science, Volume 394, Issue 6823, Page 556-561, October 2026.
Constructing the history of a contested region
Science, Volume 394, Issue 6823, Page 492-492, October 2026.
News
3090 results
The Hong Kong Genome Project is a flagship initiative for precision medicine in Chinese populations
Nature Medicine, Published online: 12 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04421-7The Hong Kong Genome Project established a genome sequencing database that provides improved diagnoses for patients and more efficient, population-tailored carrier status screening. Actionable pharmacogenomic variants were identified in almost all participants, informing…
General-purpose large language models outperform specialized clinical AI tools on medical benchmarks
Nature Medicine, Published online: 12 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04431-5In an independent evaluation, frontier large language models outperformed specialized clinical artificial intelligence tools on medical knowledge, clinician alignment and real-world clinical queries.
Striatal pathways dissociably control action counting and goal-directed steering
Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 12 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02330-zStriatal direct and indirect pathways jointly control how many actions are performed during counting, and how animals move toward specific goals. These pathways implement a push–pull controller for discrete action counting as well…
The Download: “reprogramming” aging, and the hidden sense of interoception
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. Why “reprogramming” is the buzziest approach to reversing aging right now Earlier this week, Life Biosciences,…
You do your own time
There we were, a regular murderers’ row of librarians. Little Jo. Eustace. And me. Turning around in the nave of our library to greet the sound of footsteps, pistols leveled in case whoever was coming in didn’t respect sanctuary. Little…
Inside interoception: The hidden sense of how you feel inside
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of science and technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. Your brain lives in the dark space of your skull. Yet…
Why “reprogramming” is the buzziest approach to reversing aging right now
Earlier this week, Life Biosciences, a biotech company focused on reversing age-related diseases, announced that it had dosed its first volunteer. A person with glaucoma has had an experimental treatment injected straight into their eyeball. The idea is to try…
Bergen Four-Day Treatment (B4DT) for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Conditions: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Interventions: Other: Bergen Four-Day Treatment (B4DT) Sponsors: Tampere University Hospital; Tampere University Not yet recruiting
FEEL-GOOD: A Multicenter Trial of a Mindfulness-Based Group Therapy in Young Adults With Early Psychosis
Conditions: Early Onset Psychosis; First Psychotic Episode Within the Last 5 Years; First-episode Psychosis; Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (SSD); Psychosis; Psychosis NOS; Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) Interventions: Behavioral: FEEL GOOD; Other: Treatment as Usual (TAU) Sponsors: Stephanie Mehl; German Research Foundation;…
An Investigator-Initiated, Randomized, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy Study to Evaluate the Adjunctive Effect of CreNeuroS™ CNS Fish Oil Plus Softgels in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder Receiving Escitalopram.
Conditions: Adjunct in the Treatment of Depressive Disorder Interventions: Combination Product: Escitalopram (as escitalopram oxalate) tablet +CreNeuroSTM CNS Fish Oil Plus Softgels; Combination Product: Escitalopram (as escitalopram oxalate) tablet +Placebo softgels Sponsors: Sichuan Credit Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; Vivotech Research Lab…
Adjunctive Oral KET-AD Capsules in Treatment Resistant Bipolar Depression
Conditions: Treatment Resistant Bipolar Depression Interventions: Drug: KET-AD; Other: Placebo Sponsors: Neurocentrx Pharma Pty Ltd Not yet recruiting
Sertraline Combined With Multi-Strain Probiotics for Adolescent Depression
Conditions: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD); Probiotic Intervention Interventions: Drug: Sertraline Sponsors: First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University Recruiting
Improving Mental Healthcare Outcomes for Minoritized Veterans Through a Peer-led, Patient Navigation Program (PARTNER-MH 2.0)
Conditions: Diagnoses of Depression; Anxiety; PTSD Interventions: Behavioral: PARTNER-MH; Behavioral: Educational Brochure Sponsors: VA Office of Research and Development; Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Indiana University; VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System; White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center Not yet recruiting
Sleep Quality and Biomarkers in Adolescent Girls With Anorexia Nervosa
Conditions: Anorexia Nervosa Interventions: Procedure: Longitudinal Fasting Blood Sampling for Biomarker Assessment; Other: Multimodal Psychiatric Treatment Program; Device: Home Polysomnography - NOX A1 Sponsors: University of Split, School of Medicine; University Hospital of Split Not yet recruiting
Study on Mental Health Promoting Effects of Natural Psychotherapy for Adolescents
Conditions: Anxiety Disorders; Depressive Disorder; Mental Health Interventions: Behavioral: Multi-modal Nature-based Meditation; Behavioral: Intervention diary Sponsors: Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital; Capital Normal University; Tsinghua University Not yet recruiting
Investigating the Efficacy and Mechanisms of Individualized tACS Targeting Anhedonia in Late-Life Depression
Conditions: Late-Life Depression; Anhedonia Interventions: Device: Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS); Device: shame tACS Sponsors: Jie Li Recruiting
A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mental Fitness Intervention for Anesthesiology Resident Wellbeing and Self-Compassion
Conditions: Wellness; Self Compassion; Burnout; Anxiety; Depression Interventions: Other: App-based bundled mental fitness intervention; Other: App-based wellness module collection Sponsors: Massachusetts General Hospital Not yet recruiting
Long-term isolation and archaic introgression shape functional genetic variation in Near Oceania
Science, Volume 392, Issue 6803, June 2026.
Assessing the net climate benefits of improved grazing intensity in global rangelands
Science, Volume 392, Issue 6803, Page 1161-1166, June 2026.