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Improving a disease prediction model. The image was prepared using DALEE and is not a scientific image.

A new model can change the ways of decision-making in healthcare systems

Researchers from the Hebrew University improved Elixhauser's comorbidity model and improved the accuracy of predictions about the duration of hospitalization, risk of mortality, re-hospitalization and increased treatment
The desert locust (Schistocerca Gregaria). Illustration: depositphotos.com

The 'good enough' principle in nature: how evolution saved resources in the digging paws of the female locust

The female locust can dig 4-3 holes to lay eggs and then her organs that are intended for this wear out
[:he]Wounded people enter the emergency room, experiencing pain and injuries, with a clear emergency sign above them.[:]

Gender bias in pain management in emergency rooms

The sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after it landed in the desert, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, at the Department of Defense Test and Training Range in Utah. (Image credit: NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing asteroid soil samples has landed safely in Utah and been moved to a clean room

The Osiris-Rex probe returns to Earth small samples of the asteroid Beno, a "real small world" for analysis
Artist's rendering of the planet GJ 1214 b. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)

Glowing steamy surprise: NASA's Webb takes a closer look at a mysterious planet

"The planet is completely covered in a kind of layer of fog or clouds," said Eliza Kempton, a researcher at the University of Maryland and lead author of a new paper on the planet published in Nature. "The atmosphere just remained completely hidden
One of the gates of Peking University in Beijing. Illustration: depositphotos.com

China is increasing ethics oversight in science and emphasizing innovation and quality over quantity

Under the new system, Chinese researchers will be evaluated based on the quality and impact of their work rather than the number of publications they produce. Researchers who are found to have been involved in research misconduct will be prosecuted