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Study design and analysis pipeline. Clinical assessments are collected at regular intervals throughout the Minder study (a), features used for statistical analysis and predictive modelling included clinical assessment scores, participant demographics, and comorbidities (b), participants were first grouped based on their relative cognitive and functional decline trajectories and profiled accordingly (c), predictive models of cognitive and functional decline were fine-tuned and evaluated using a nested cross-validation approach (d), and models were selected and finalised for each outcome measure (e). Finally, a decision support tool was designed to deploy both predictive models in clinical settings (f). MMSE: Mini-mental state exam, ADAS-Cog: Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale, BADL: Bristol Activities of Daily Living

March 2, 2026

By harnessing everyday clinical assessments, researchers demonstrate that personalized 12-month forecasts of cognitive and functional change in dementia…

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Study: National analysis of cancer mortality and proximity to nuclear power plants in the United States. Image Credit: IndustryAndTravel / Shutterstock

March 2, 2026

A sweeping national analysis suggests that counties nearer to nuclear power plants experience higher cancer mortality, raising urgent…

SSpace

March 2, 2026

Tardigrades have a reputation for being nearly indestructible. These microscopic animals, often nicknamed water bears, can dry out…

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Rare Fossils in Amber Raise Questions About Secret Lives of Cretaceous Insects

March 1, 2026

Amber in Case 6 – Credit: Dr Jose de la Fuente / Institute for Game and Wildlife Research…

EEnvironment

March 1, 2026

A small beaker of water can look ordinary. Under the right light, it can also become a quiet…

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George Mason Charitable Trust donates $5m to University of Waikato for research

March 1, 2026

The research aims to strengthen understanding of the connections between nature and society, and support the development of…

HHealth

Mobile app improves reporting of suspected adverse drug reactions in Uganda

February 28, 2026

An AI can accurately diagnose a rare endocrinological condition just by analyzing pictures of the back of the…

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Having a greater variety of food options linked to overeating, Penn State study finds

February 28, 2026

When people are given a smorgasbord of options to eat, like at a buffet or a Super Bowl…

HHealth

Study challenges conventional thinking about the onset of Type 2 diabetes

February 28, 2026

A new research paper was published in Volume 18 of Aging-US on February 6, 2026, titled “Causal effects of inflammation on…

SScience

Pioneering technology enables scalable production of human kidney organoids

February 28, 2026

Study reveals how two proteins cooperate in a key early step of antiviral detection, as reported by researchers…

TTechnology

Single-cell RNA sequencing uncovers diverse CD4⁺ T-cell subtypes in pediatric lupus

February 28, 2026

On the occasion of Rare Disease Day, the Biofisika Institute (CSIC, EHU) presents the progress of a project…

HHealth

Resistance exercise may offer greater benefits for preventing diabetes and obesity

February 28, 2026

Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population, yet we still only partly understand the nutrients it…

Machine learning predicts who will decline faster in Alzheimer’s disease using routine clinic data

Living near nuclear power plants is associated with higher cancer mortality, national US study reports

Tardigrades and water reveal potential for food growth on Mars

Rare Fossils in Amber Raise Questions About Secret Lives of Cretaceous Insects

New platinum-free photocatalyst turns sunlight and water into renewable energy

George Mason Charitable Trust donates $5m to University of Waikato for research

Privacy-focused AI improves screening for rare endocrinological condition

Having a greater variety of food options linked to overeating, Penn State study finds

Mendelian randomization study reveals opposing roles for IL6 and IL6R in long-term mortality

Protein partnership enhances innate immune sensing of viral RNA

Study aims to understand molecular origins of CTNNB1 neurodevelopmental syndrome

Colorful japonica rice varieties show unique health-promoting lipids