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Welcome to In the Spotlight, where each month we shine a light on something exciting, timely, or simply fascinating from the world of science.

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.

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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 19-Nov-2025 18:11 ET (19-Nov-2025 23:11 GMT/UTC)

Why Human empathy still matters in the age of AI

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study finds that people value empathy more when they believe it comes from a human—even if the actual response was generated by AI. Across nine studies involving over 6,000 participants, the research reveals that human-attributed responses are perceived as more supportive, more emotionally resonant, and more caring than identical AI-generated responses.

Journal: Nature Human Behaviour

Researchers create 3D interactive digital room from simple video

Cornell University
Reports and Proceedings

Cornell researchers have developed an AI-powered process that automatically transforms a short video of a room into an interactive, 3D simulation of the space.

Researchers find serious flaws in trials with adult ADHD patients

University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Humanities
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Millions of adults around the world are diagnosed with ADHD every year, and there is a great need for research in the field. However, much clinical research on adult ADHD suffers from serious methodological shortcomings that make it difficult to use the results in practice, researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Sao Paulo show in a new study.

Journal: European Psychiatry

Groundbreaking mobile app captures and documents bruises to help survivors of interpersonal violence

George Mason University
Business Announcement

An interdisciplinary George Mason University research team is breaking new ground in using artificial intelligence to support victims of interpersonal violence. Led by Kat Scafide and Janusz Wojtusiak of the College of Public Health and David Lattanzi of the College of Engineering and Computing, the Evidence-based AI Software for Injury Detection (EAS-ID) project has successfully completed Phase 1: development of a working prototype of a mobile app designed to accurately capture and document bruises.

How deep learning helps your phone navigate when GPS goes dark

Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Navigating through tunnels or underground parking structures is a notorious blind spot for GPS-based systems.

Journal: Satellite Navigation

AI for Good Global Summit 2025 - Exclusive press tour (ITU/United Nations)

International Telecommunication Union
Meeting Announcement

Reporters are invited to an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the AI and robotics tech featured at the AI for Good Global Summit 2025 (ITU/United Nations).

Global first in surgical training: SURGhub reaches record 19,000 healthcare workers across 190 countries — meeting soaring demand in underserved regions

RCSI
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Marking a major milestone in the fight to close the global surgical education gap - which leaves 93% of people in sub-Saharan Africa and millions more worldwide without access to safe surgical care when needed - a ground-breaking e-learning platform has brought the classroom directly to the homes and clinics of more than 19,000 healthcare workers across 190 countries in just two years.

Journal: World Journal of Surgery