Ever wondered how childhood trauma affects the brain, even in people who seem perfectly healthy? Researchers have started to look into this. They know that childhood trauma can lead to mental health issues, and the brain region that controls emotions and memories, called the limbic system, might be
Simulating medical images with nuclear detectors, known as Monte Carlo simulation codes like SIMIND, are really handy tools for scientists. This study was all about checking if SIMIND could be a good substitute for real nuclear medicine experiments. They used a cardiac phantom, called HL, which is l
Ever wondered how lifelong singles differ from those who have always been in relationships? A recent study used data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to find out. The research looked at over 77, 000 people, mostly over 50 years old, from 27 countries. It turned out
Did you know that prostate cancer surgery can be likened to a game of 'guess the lymph node'? Surgeons often struggle to determine which lymph nodes to remove and which to leave alone. Enter the superhero: multispectral fluorescence imaging. This tech gem can light up the pathways of lymph nodes lik
Imagine a tiny detective in your water, hunting down specific metal ions. This detective is a sensor called PIN, which was created and tested by scientists. When Zn²⁺ (zinc) or Cd²⁺ (cadmium) ions show up, PIN changes color from blue to yellow, like a little warning light. It's so good at its job th
Did you know that your grip strength in old age might be influenced by where you grew up and how healthy you were as a kid? Scientists decided to explore this link in two different places: China and England. They tracked people's grip strength from middle age to their older years. What did they find
Imagine if you could watch a heart cell beat and measure its strength at the same time. Scientists have come up with a clever way to do just that! They're using a video method inspired by Digital Image Correlation (DIC) to track how much a single heart cell, or cardiomyocyte, moves and stretches whe
You know how texting usually feels kind of basic? Well, Google and Samsung are teaming up to change that with Rich Communication Services (RCS). This is like the upgrade texting needed – better quality images and videos, more fun group chats, and cool reactions you can use in messages. Before, this
Ever wished we could tell someone's age just by looking at their brain scan? Scientists often use T1-weighted structural MRI to do this. But a new study mixed things up by combining structural MRI and diffusion MRI. They created a smart model that could see both the big brain features and tiny detai
Ever wondered why astronauts on extended space missions seem to age faster? NASA's recent research, Space Omics and Medical Atlas (SOMA), provides some answers. It turns out that spaceflight speeds up aging by causing inflammation, genomic instability, and mitochondrial dysfunction. Interestingly, t
