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Posted on: 31 October 2025 Two landmark international studies led by Professor Ignacio Martin-Loeches have been recently published in The Lancet and Nature Medicine - placing Irish critical care research firmly on the global stage.

So-called -noiserepresents a previously overlooked signature that reflects Parkinson-s disease symptoms. New Discovery: Researchers found that previously ignored brain signals, called noise, reflect symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Rhythmic vs. Nonrhythmic Activity: The researchers distinguished between rhythmic and nonrhythmic brain activity, finding that this separation offers better insights into movement symptoms.

Biotechnology DTU researchers are behind a potentially groundbreaking antivenom that could revolutionize the treatment of venomous snakebites in Africa. Snakebite envenoming is among the world's deadliest yet most overlooked tropical disease. The WHO has classified snakebite envenoming as one of 21 neglected tropical diseases, resulting in between 100,000 and 150,000 deaths worldwide each year.

One of the most common antidepressants, sertraline, contributes to a modest improvement in core depression and anxiety symptoms, including low mood, within two weeks, finds a new analysis of a major clinical trial led by UCL researchers. The study, published in Nature Mental Health , analysed the findings of the PANDA trial, which first published results in 2019 and found that sertraline may have an earlier impact on anxiety than depressive symptoms.

A study by the UB and IDIBELL shows how the continued use of some antibiotics and drugs damages the cells of the vestibular system of the ear The vestibular system is responsible for the sense of balance in the inner ear. Prolonged use of toxic substances, such as certain antibiotics or anticancer drugs, can damage the hair cells that form part of this system, leading to alterations in balance and other motor skills.

A research team led by the Medical University of Vienna, the HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences and the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest has developed a groundbreaking new chemotherapeutic agent, LiPyDau, which shows remarkable efficacy against multiple tumor types in preclinical studies.

Marine microorganisms produce large amounts of nitrous oxide, a highly potent greenhouse gas. A Basel-based researcher investigated the exact processes involved during an expedition to the Pacific. The results are important for climate modeling. To many people, nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, is only known as a party drug or from the dentist.

For decades, the oat variety 'Hative des Alpes'  had been all but forgotten. Now, its genetic information is being incorporated into the first gene atlas for oats - and will one day contribute to the cultivation of new oat varieties. Oats are currently undergoing a renaissance and are becoming an increasingly important item on our plates (or in our cereal bowls).

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed artificial muscles that contain microbubbles and can be controlled with ultrasound. In the future, these muscles could be deployed in technical and medical settings as gripper arms, tissue patches, targeted drug delivery, or robots. It might look like a simple material experiment at first glance, as a brief ultrasound stimulation induces a thin strip of silicone to start bending and arching.

A new study reveals that the illegal wildlife trade - worth billions annually - is deeply connected to other forms of organized crime, including arms dealing, drug trafficking and human smuggling. By mapping these criminal intersections, researchers found that tackling the illegal trade in animals and plants requires understanding how it converges with other serious crimes.

Research team led by Göttingen University study genetic evolution of alga Land plants - such as mosses, ferns and trees - are some of the most structurally complex photosynthesizing organisms on Earth. But their evolutionary story is deeply tied to their ancestors: simpler green algae that lived hundreds of millions of years ago.

According to a CNRS communication dated October 16, 2025. Based on a scientific publication in Current Biology to which the RDP laboratory at ENS de Lyon contributed: "Robust branch patterning in moss shoots via symplasmic auxin diffusion." Image © Des Callaghan In an article published in Current Biology , scientists explore how auxin, a plant hormone, travels through the stem of moss to shape its architecture.

Press release, Villeurbanne, October 9, 2025. The past of the planet Mars continues to captivate the scientific community.

Machine learning models are designed to take in data, to find patterns or relationships within those data, and to use what they have learned to make predictions or to create new content. The quality of those outputs depends not only on the details of a model's inner workings but also, crucially, on the information that is fed into the model.

Possible use to express the concept of equality between multiethnic and multiracial people. Unity and solidarity between people of different cultures. Concept of activist and protest movement. Friendship, solidarity, tolerance and brotherhood among peoples. International and multicultural society and population.

A tiny neural network is sufficient to control the daily rhythm of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Researchers at the University of Würzburg have shown that only four specialized nerve cells are necessary to drive the animals' endogenous clock. Almost all living creatures have an endogenous clock that enables them to adapt their behavior and body functions to the natural rhythm of day and night.

State-of-the-art AI programs can support the development of drugs by predicting how proteins interact with small molecules. However, researchers at the University of Basel have shown that these programs only memorize patterns, rather than understanding physical relationships. They often fail when it comes to new proteins that would be of particular interest for innovative drugs.

Significant differences in health between men and women persist. Increasingly, research is being conducted into women-specific conditions, including certain types of cancer. The largest analysis ever conducted on the care of women with breast, cervical, and ovarian cancer shows major global differences in stage at diagnosis, treatment, and adherence to international guidelines.

The tool, which can be used on an iPad, could help determine whether athletes are ready to return to play A team from Université Laval has developed a tool that could help determine whether athletes who have suffered a concussion are ready to return to the game. Details of their work have just been published in the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology .

Currently incurable, peripheral neuropathies 1 are common neurological complications of chemotherapy, causing persistent pain, tingling and burning sensations in the feet and hands, sometimes even after treatment has ended. In the hope of offering a therapeutic option to affected patients, a research team led by a CNRS 2 researcher has identified a molecule capable of preventing the onset of such side effects.