EurekAlert! In the Spotlight

This month, we’re focusing on artificial intelligence (AI), a topic that continues to capture attention everywhere. Here, you’ll find the latest research news, insights, and discoveries shaping how AI is being developed and used across the world.

Drug toxicity predicted by differences between preclinical models and humans

Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

POSTECH Professor Sanguk Kim's team develops a machine learning model to predict drug toxicity based on genotype-phenotype differences between preclinical models and humans.

Journal: EBioMedicine

6-Nov-2025

Electrohydrodynamics pump and machine learning enable portable, high-performance excimer laser

Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team led by Prof. LIANG Xu at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed an ultra-compact excimer laser—roughly the size of a thermos bottle.

Journal: APL Photonics

6-Nov-2025

Study: Arrival of boll weevils in U.S. South in early 20th century brought long-term benefits for Black sons born after the agricultural shock

Carnegie Mellon University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new study, researchers investigated the long-term impact of the boll weevil, an agricultural pest that destroys cotton crops, which invaded the South in the early 20th century and spurred significant economic changes. They found that this agricultural shock brought about long-term advantages for Black sons born after the boll weevil appeared.

Journal: The Economic Journal

6-Nov-2025

A 3D atlas of brain connections

Università di Trento
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The published paper reports on the results of more than 5 years of collaboration and introduces a new instrument that the scientific community can use to accurately integrate ex-vivo dissection and in-vivo tractography data. These two complementary techniques had never been integrated so far into the study of human white matter connections, and this confirms a new research trend, where multidisciplinary competencies converge, in this case clinical neuroscience and artificial intelligence. The study opens new frontiers for Neurosurgery in the treatment of brain tumors and the approach to degenerative neurological disorders, and in Neuro-rehabilitation to harness the potential of brain plasticity. The new instrument, called BraDiPho (Brain Dissection Photogrammetry), is the result of the joint effort of the University of Trento, the Provincial Healthcare Services of Trento (Apss) and Fondazione Bruno Kessler, in collaboration with the University of Bordeaux (France) and the University of Sherbrooke (Canada).

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Latest News Releases

Drug toxicity predicted by differences between preclinical models and humans

Electrohydrodynamics pump and machine learning enable portable, high-performance excimer laser

Study: Arrival of boll weevils in U.S. South in early 20th century brought long-term benefits for Black sons born after the agricultural shock

A 3D atlas of brain connections

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