Scientists reverse kidney damage in mice, hope for humans next(sciencedaily.com)

15 points by ashishgupta2209 11 months ago | 1 comments

Researchers trace a form of lupus back to a single mutation(mpg.de)

113 points by belter 2 years ago | 24 comments

“Inverse vaccine” shows potential to treat MS and other autoimmune diseases(pme.uchicago.edu)

222 points by manicennui 3 years ago | 74 comments

Alzheimer's disrupts circadian rhythms of plaque-clearing brain cells(medicine.washu.edu)

181 points by gmays 1 year ago | 31 comments

Scientists Discover New Heavy-Metal Molecule 'Berkelocene'(newscenter.lbl.gov)

108 points by gmays 1 year ago | 43 comments

Scientists glue two proteins together, driving cancer cells to self-destruct(med.stanford.edu)

644 points by Jerry2 2 years ago | 171 comments

Stanford Medicine news article on researchers fusing two proteins so a lymphoma protein that normally prevents cell death instead triggers cancer cell self-destruction.

Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage(scitechdaily.com)

750 points by beefman 2 years ago | 401 comments

SciTechDaily article reporting Mass Eye and Ear research linking tinnitus to hidden auditory nerve damage undetected by standard hearing tests.

Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears(nature.com)

355 points by mdhb 1 year ago | 243 comments

Nature news article reporting that scientific conferences are relocating or pausing US meetings because foreign researchers fear border and travel problems.

We need scientific dissidents(chronicle.com)

355 points by Georgelemental 3 years ago | 848 comments

Chronicle of Higher Education opinion essay arguing that the early artificial consensus on Covid's origins shows the need for scientific dissidents.

MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline(publichealthpolicyjournal.com)

438 points by cainxinth 1 year ago | 432 comments

Article reporting on an MIT study claiming that using AI tools like ChatGPT alters brain activity and leads to cognitive decline.

LLMs use a surprisingly simple mechanism to retrieve some stored knowledge(news.mit.edu)

336 points by CharlesW 2 years ago | 121 comments

MIT News article on research showing LLMs often retrieve stored facts via simple linear functions, and a technique to probe what a model knows about subjects.

AI tools are spotting errors in research papers(nature.com)

555 points by kgwgk 1 year ago | 200 comments

Nature news article on a growing movement using AI and large language models to detect errors in research papers, sparked by a flawed black plastic utensils study.