The traditional gold standard of clinical trials with a randomized, placebo-controlled design involving hundreds of patients ...

The CDC was expected last month to publish a study showing that Covid vaccines reduced the likelihood of severe illness, but ...

Abstract: Safety and data efficiency are important concerns in data-driven control, especially for nonlinear systems with unknown dynamics and subject to disturbances. In this work, we consider a ...

The impact of intensive blood pressure (BP) control on cognitive function in East Asian populations remains uncertain. We aimed to assess the effect of a lower systolic BP target on global cognitive ...

Average current-mode control, as shown in Figure 1, is common in continuous-conduction-mode (CCM) power factor correction (PFC). It has two loops: a voltage loop that works as an outer loop and a ...

This 40sqm cabin, known as The Pod, is designed as a complete living system. Every function — sleeping, cooking, working — is integrated with precision. Instead of space, the design prioritizes ...

A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine reports findings from a randomized controlled trial—the gold standard study design in health research—showing that promoting drinking water ...

The FDA is raising the bar for approval of CAR T-cell therapies in oncology. Under plans outlined by the FDA’s biologics chief Vinay Prasad, M.D., the agency will require developers of many CAR-Ts to ...

Recent randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness (pDoC) have yielded limited success. Among them, only studies involving amantadine have provided Class ...

What policies and programs can society implement to make a tangible, lasting impact on people’s lives? Social scientists have been trying to answer this question for decades by conducting randomized ...

Malaria causes about 1/4 billion new cases of disease and about 600,000 deaths every year. 3/4 of the deaths are children under 5 years old. The July 23, 2025, NEJM has a free full text article ...

Overactivation of the sympathetic nerve system can lead to a sustained increase in heart rate, which may impair blood perfusion and organ function. Previous studies have demonstrated that the use of β ...