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.

How Mayo Clinic experts are using AI to better detect sleep apnea, especially in women

Mayo Clinic
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that can identify obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) using the results from an electrocardiogram (ECG) – a common heart test. The innovation could make it faster, cheaper, and easier to spot sleep apnea, particularly in women, who are often underdiagnosed.

Journal: JACC Advances

5-Nov-2025

Mount Sinai health system to roll out Microsoft Dragon copilot

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Business Announcement

The Mount Sinai Health System today announced that it will implement Microsoft Dragon Copilot, a new AI clinical assistant designed to streamline clinical documentation, surface critical information, and automate administrative tasks across care settings. The rollout marks a major milestone in Mount Sinai’s ongoing digital transformation and its commitment to using responsible artificial intelligence to support clinicians and deliver better outcomes for patients.

5-Nov-2025

ITU at COP30: Driving Green Digital Action for a sustainable future

International Telecommunication Union
Meeting Announcement

UN agency for digital technologies urges collective action in Belém to harness digital technologies and achieve sustainability goals

5-Nov-2025

'Jumping genes’ help scientists resolve tree of life

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Published in Current Biology, a new method from scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) harnesses ‘jumping genes’ to recreate the termite tree of life, showcasing a new way for researchers to solve ancient evolutionary mysteries. "Challenges arise when trying to predict evolution across deep history," says author Professor Thomas Bourguignon. "Phylogenetic signals are often weak, and radiation events, where species rapidly diversify over a short period, add complexity, making it difficult to identify the order that individual species emerged. Our new method supports researchers to tackle these tricky scenarios”.

Journal: Current Biology
Funder: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Czech Science Foundation

5-Nov-2025

Two small changes, that may transform agriculture

Aarhus University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from Aarhus University are one step closer to understanding how some plants survive without nitrogen. A breakthrough that could eventually reduce the need for artificial fertilizer in crops such as wheat, maize, or rice.

Journal: Nature

5-Nov-2025

From human retina to artificial eye: KRISS creates a new standard for ophtalmic imaging

National Research Council of Science & Technology

The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS, President Lee Ho Seong) has developed a retina-mimicking eye phantom that faithfully replicates the structural layers and microvascular network of the human retina. This innovation provides a new reference for objectively evaluating and calibrating ophthalmic imaging devices, paving the way for more accurate and reliable diagnosis of retinal diseases.

Journal: Communications Engineering
Funder: Ministry of Science and ICT

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Latest News Releases

How Mayo Clinic experts are using AI to better detect sleep apnea, especially in women

Mount Sinai health system to roll out Microsoft Dragon copilot

ITU at COP30: Driving Green Digital Action for a sustainable future

'Jumping genes’ help scientists resolve tree of life

Two small changes, that may transform agriculture

From human retina to artificial eye: KRISS creates a new standard for ophtalmic imaging

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