Impaired neuromusculoskeletal function due to conditions such as stroke, osteoarthritis, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease, limb amputation, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury and cancer is a leading cause of disability and affects roughly 1.7 billion people worldwide, including 19% of the U.S. adult population. Researchers led by Rice University’s Benjamin J. Fregly have developed a treatment design software that implements a novel personalized medicine approach for addressing this important societal problem.

The Arctic is one of the coldest places on Earth, but in recent decades, the region has been rapidly warming, at a rate three to four times faster than the global average. However, current climate models have been unable to account for this increased pace. Now, researchers at Kyushu University have reported in a study, published April 29 in Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research, that clouds may be to blame.

Grassroots rugby concussion guidelines need to be improved as players’ brains remain altered despite them being symptom free and cleared to play, researchers have found. The University of Essex is the first to follow an amateur club across a gruelling 22-game season using brain imaging technology. The study led by Dr Ben Jones found seven out of eight concussed players still had abnormal brain responses 25 days after injury - despite feeling well enough to return to the field under Rugby Football Union clearance protocols.

Radiologists, computer scientists and informaticists outline pitfalls and best practices to mitigate bias in AI models.

To train the next generation of doctors and speed up hospital workflows, a University of Houston engineer is using AI to jump in front of a radiologist's gaze, predicting where the doctor will next look.