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A 6-year-old boy developed a painful limp. Tests looked normal. A clinician entered the case into ClinicalKey AI, including symptoms, scans and the detail of the child’s Indian heritage. The AI flagged a diagnosis others missed. Tuberculosis. A follow-up PET scan and targeted blood test confirmed inflammation in the hip and active TB. Treatment began. The boy’s family says he is now back to running, jumping and playing in the way he loves. “The AI helped us break through human bias, and gave me time to focus on caring, not just searching.” The full story: http://spkl.io/6040A588y

Elsevier’s global Researcher of the Future report reveals researchers face greater pressure but are committed to upholding integrity. Compared to three years ago, they’re under greater pressure from fast-growing volume of information, administrative and teaching demands, uncertainty over funding and pressure to publish. Despite the pressures, researchers remain uncompromising in their commitment to quality and maintaining research integrity. 🔹 Only 45% agree they have sufficient time for research 🔹 Just 33% expect funding in their field to increase in the next two to three years, with optimism lowest in North America and Europe 🔹 68% say the pressure to publish their research is greater than two to three years ago 🔹 74% say peer-reviewed research is trustworthy and view peer-review as important to research integrity, building trust and broadening impact. Explore more insights into how researchers feel about their role, challenges and opportunities: http://spkl.io/6044AeIMy

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Researchers say trust is the biggest barrier to using AI in their workflow: 84% of researchers say they have used AI tools in their work but only 22% trust existing tools. Here is how LeapSpace™ supports confident use of AI for research: 1️⃣ 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬: world’s largest collection of peer-reviewed scientific content combined with responsible AI. 2️⃣ 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬: foundational capability providing context and transparency for each result. Show sources, explain why cited, surface contradictions, to help critical thinking and calibrate evidence strength. 3️⃣ 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬, 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭: generate ideas, plan projects, explore literature, find collaborators, and identify funding in one secure workspace with enterprise-grade privacy. 4️⃣ 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐈 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞: combining deep research agentic AI, generative AI, reasoning engines, retrieval-augmented generation for a wide range of research tasks. LeapSpace is available today for institutions to preview. All ScienceDirect AI customers will be automatically upgraded when LeapSpace becomes commercially available in Q1 2026.

How is Artificial Intelligence transforming education, and what does it mean for the future of work? Prof Eng Chye Tan, President of the National University of Singapore (NUS), explores how higher education can adapt and lead in an AI-driven world. 📌 Key takeaways: 1. AI is reshaping not only what we learn, but how we learn—bringing new opportunities for personalization and collaboration. 2. Human educators remain at the heart of learning—collaborating with, not replaced by, AI. 3. Future-ready graduates need more than technical skills—they need ethical judgment, creativity, and readiness to lead human-AI collaboration. 4. Lifelong learning and reskilling are now essential to stay relevant in a world of continuous change. 📖 👉 Read the new Not Alone: Leaders in Focus article and join the conversation: http://spkl.io/6045AeuIJ

The Lancet Group highlights an important warning about the global rise of ultra-processed foods and its impact on public health. Evidence from Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa shows that effective policies are possible, and scalable. Worth a read for anyone working to advance healthier food systems. 👇

What we think of as a human gesture turns out to be millions of years older. A new Evolution and Human Behaviour study, published by Elsevier, traces the origins of kissing to our ancient ape ancestors, with hints of the behaviour across many species today. Read more. 👇

Researchers are rapidly adopting AI, but need support and institutional governance. AI use has climbed to 58%, up from 37% in the previous survey, yet 71% of researchers rely on generic tools like ChatGPT. Only a quarter report strong AI governance at their institutions, and fewer than one in five have received adequate training. Elsevier’s Researcher of the Future report highlights a research community embracing AI while institutional readiness remains low: http://spkl.io/6049Ad9GU

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Introducing LeapSpace – a next-generation AI-assisted workspace to accelerate scientific research and discovery. Built with thousands of researchers in academia and R&D, LeapSpace is designed to help: 🔍 Uncover deeper insights 🚀 Accelerate innovation 🤝 Collaborate seamlessly 🔒 All within one secure, trusted environment LeapSpace combines trusted scientific content with responsible AI. Unlike general AI tools, it draws only from the world's largest collection of research abstracts, and 15+ million peer-reviewed full-text articles and book content from Elsevier and other scientific publishers and societies. Innovative ‘Trust Cards’ provide context and transparency for every AI-generated result – showing sources, explaining why a source was cited, surfacing contradictions, to support critical thinking and help researchers calibrate the strength of the evidence. From literature exploration to finding collaborators, funding, and evidence gaps, LeapSpace helps researchers move from curiosity to discovery faster, with confidence. LeapSpace is available today for institutions to preview. Learn more: http://spkl.io/6049AdzA1