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  • Beyond COVID-19: Fundamental principles that shape pandemics
    on August 5, 2026 at 7:40 pm

    Every pandemic is different. Nevertheless, certain commonalities can be identified across all pandemics. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS), together with an interdisciplinary team of experts, have compiled 10 fundamental mechanisms that can be used to describe the development of pandemics. The study, published in eClinicalMedicine, brings together insights from epidemiology, sociology, mathematics, physics, political science, psychology and public health.

  • Language models identify psychiatric symptoms nearly as accurately as early-career clinicians
    on August 5, 2026 at 7:40 pm

    A study led by the Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) provides initial evidence that large language models can identify complex psychopathological findings in transcripts of psychiatric interviews with accuracy comparable to that of predominantly young clinicians. The study examined 10 language models and 108 practicing clinicians from three psychiatric clinics.

  • Birth order may influence your disease risk later in life, study finds
    on August 5, 2026 at 7:20 pm

    Whether you are first-born or second-born may be associated with your risk of developing certain diseases, according to a new study published in Nature Health.

  • A new reason to use the whole watermelon: USDA adds official nutrition profile for watermelon rind
    on August 5, 2026 at 7:19 pm

    Watermelon’s rind is finally getting some respect. The fruit’s outer layer now has an official nutrition profile in USDA FoodData Central, giving registered dietitians, researchers, recipe developers and other food professionals access to standardized nutrition data for a part that’s long been underused. The new listing makes it easier to evaluate watermelon rind in recipes, nutrition education and meal planning while encouraging greater use of the whole watermelon.

  • Cancer cells hijack a fatty acid to escape immune attack in liver metastases
    on August 5, 2026 at 7:00 pm

    Liver metastases are among the most common and deadly forms of cancer spread. Now, researchers at VIB and KU Leuven, with international collaborators, have discovered how cancer cells exploit a fatty acid abundant in the liver to evade destruction by the immune system. By disrupting this process, the researchers restored the cancer-fighting activity of immune cells called neutrophils and reduced metastatic growth.