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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 31-Oct-2025 16:11 ET (31-Oct-2025 20:11 GMT/UTC)

16-Oct-2025

A ‘flight simulator’ for the brain reveals how we learn—and why minds sometimes go off course

Tufts University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new kind of computer model--grounded in real biology--helps reveal how the brain both adapts and misfires, laying the groundwork for more precise treatments for mental health disorders.

Journal

Nature Communications

Funder

NIH/National Institute of Mental Health, NIH/National Institute of Mental Health, NIH/National Institute of Mental Health, National Science Foundation, National Science Foundation, National Science Foundation

16-Oct-2025

Saving cells from the brink of death—why it matters

University of Texas at Arlington
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from The University of Texas at Arlington has revealed how cells control their mitochondria—the “energy producers” of cells—during the process of cell death. The discovery sheds light on how the body manages this essential function and what can go wrong when the process fails.

Journal

Current Biology

Funder

Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences

16-Oct-2025

Smartphone-based relaxation program reduces disability for emergency department migraine patients

NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A smartphone app for muscle relaxation significantly reduced migraine-related disability in patients visiting the emergency department, a new study shows.  

Journal

JAMA Network Open

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health

16-Oct-2025

Language barriers in health care have fallen – but not online, study shows

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study of patient portal pages on hospital websites shows a lack of translation into languages beyond English and Spanish, which could create barriers to telehealth and other aspects of care.

Journal

JAMA Network Open

Funder

NIH/National Cancer Institute

16-Oct-2025

Study finds circular RNA helps drive brain development

Picower Institute at MIT
Peer-Reviewed Publication

MIT neuroscientists show in a new study that loops of RNA can strongly influence how neurons build circuit connections, or synapses, during the development of the visual system in young mice.

Journal

iScience

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative, Freedom Together Foundation