Research

When you’re trying to understand which diseases or physical traits you’re predisposed to, the answers are sprinkled across your DNA. One powerful method for decoding this genetic forecast is polygenic scores, which give patients estimates of their risk for a condition and the likelihood of having physical characteristics (phenotypes, like being tall). Researchers seek to improve the accuracy of these cumulative predictions to account for most of the known genetic contributions.

The internet is awash in instructional videos that can teach curious viewers everything from cooking the perfect pancake to performing a life-saving Heimlich maneuver.

Researchers from the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Google Research may have just performed digital sorcery — in the form of a diffusion model that can change the material properties of objects in images.

Your heart is a tireless organ that beats about 3 billion times over an average lifetime and is simply essential for life. Unsurprisingly, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, costing millions of lives each year. This relentless condition primarily damages the heart, which is divided into four main chambers: the right atrium, left atrium, right ventricle, and left ventricle. Understanding the functions and vulnerabilities of these chambers is crucial in the fight against heart disease.