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  • Todd Vande Hei Talks Raising Testosterone Naturally with

    Todd Vande Hei Talks Raising Testosterone Naturally with

    Beverly Hills California, Aug. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Todd Vande Hei, CEO of Stark and host of Health is a Skill podcast, sits down with Drew Valentine, a former yoga instructor turned health optimization coach, to unpack how prioritizing muscle, protein, and mentorship led to elite health by age 29.

    When Valentine arrived at Stark at age 26, he appeared fit on the outside—but bloodwork revealed testosterone in the 200s, low protein intake, and an undernourished foundation. Three years later, his body fat has dropped from the mid-teens to 9 percent, his weight is up 12 pounds—all lean mass—and his testosterone now sits naturally near 700.

    Highlights from their conversation included:

    • Fueling for growth: How eating more protein and carbohydrates—not less—drove fat loss, energy, and performance.
    • Lifting as therapy: Why structured strength training gave him confidence and power, complementing the emotional depth from yoga.
    • Hormonal recovery without drugs: How sleep, supplements, heavy training, and mindful recovery naturally restored optimal testosterone.
    • Mobility + power: How yogi-level movement combined with deep squats, heavy lifts, and orthopedic care built strength without sacrificing range.
    • The mindset shift: Learning to follow before leading—and practicing daily gratitude as a secret weapon for career, health, and joy.

    “Gratitude has become one of the biggest habits in my life,” Valentine shared. “Before I walk into Stark, I think about what I’m thankful for. That shift in mindset—realizing I get to do this—changed everything.”

    Vande Hei praised Valentine’s transformation: “You arrived with emotional intelligence and humility, and added strength, structure, and power. You’ve become the kind of leader who can hold space and inspire from both sides.”

    Listeners can hear the full episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. To learn how personalized strength, nutrition, and hormone optimization can elevate every dimension of health, visit stark.health.

    About Health Is a Skill
    Health is a Skill is a Los Angeles-based podcast hosted by Todd Vande Hei, CEO of Stark Health. Each episode blends scientific insight, personal stories, and actionable habits to show how optimizing healthspan can transform every decade of life.

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  • Neutralizing a Protein May Prevent Development of Food Allergies

    Neutralizing a Protein May Prevent Development of Food Allergies

    A new study from the Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University may mark a breakthrough in the treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) — a chronic inflammatory disease of the esophagus caused by food allergies. 

    EoE leads to difficulty swallowing, chest and abdominal pain, and even growth delays in children. Its prevalence has been steadily increasing over the past decade in Israel and the Western world. In this new study, researchers identified the protein TSLP as a catalyst in the disease’s development, and found that neutralizing it may lead to significant relief of symptoms.

    The study, led by Prof. Ariel Munitz and doctoral student Anish Dsilva from the Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, was conducted in collaboration with Dr. Chen Varol of Ichilov Hospital, Prof. Marc Rothenberg of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. The research was supported by grants from the Israel Science Foundation, the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, and the Azrieli Foundation Canada–Israel. The article was published in Allergy, the leading journal in clinical immunology.

    Prof. Munitz explains: “Eosinophilic Esophagitis, or EoE, is a type of food allergy. It is a chronic inflammation of the esophagus caused by an abnormal immune response to food — mainly milk, eggs, wheat, nuts, fish, and more. The disease is characterized by an accumulation of eosinophils, a type of white blood cell that is not typically present in a healthy esophagus. EoE is often associated with other allergic conditions such as asthma and atopic dermatitis. It causes difficulty swallowing, food getting stuck in the esophagus, chest and abdominal pain, and growth delays in children. Current treatments require restrictive diets, and in severe cases, patients rely on essential amino acid formulas. Over the past decade, there has been a concerning rise in the prevalence of EoE worldwide, including in Israel. We are studying the disease in depth to understand the involvement of various immune system components in its progression. These components may serve as targets for future treatment for this disease, and for other allergic disorders as well.”

    A previous study from Prof. Munitz’s lab, also published in Allergy, presented an experimental model that closely mimics the course and symptoms of EoE in humans. As a direct continuation of that study, the researchers now focused on a specific aspect of the disease, aiming to understand the role of epithelial cells. Prof. Munitz elaborates: “Epithelial cells form a protective outer layer that prevents foreign bodies from entering organs, including the digestive and respiratory systems. In allergic conditions, epithelial cells release various substances in response to encountering an allergen, and these substances trigger the chain of events that initiate the inflammatory process we experience as an allergy attack.”

    The researchers found that epithelial cells in the esophagus of the EoE experimental model secreted high levels of two proteins: IL-33 and TSLP. They also discovered that the esophageal tissue in the mouse models contained a variety of immune cells that express receptors for both proteins. The fact that these two proteins are released in EoE, and that there are tissue cells with receptors that can respond to them, indicates that these are active proteins capable of causing the onset of the disease.

    The researchers then sought to understand the division of roles between these two proteins in the disease: does each contribute differently, or do they act together? They believed that answering these questions would clarify the mechanisms that trigger EoE, and reveal which could be blocked as a treatment strategy. To this end, they used genetic engineering tools to create experimental models of the disease in which one of the proteins was absent.

    The findings were unequivocal: the absence of the IL-33 protein did not significantly change the course of the disease. However, in the absence of TSLP, there was a significant improvement in EoE symptoms — to the point where the disease did not develop at all. Furthermore, a series of experiments in which the researchers neutralized TSLP with an antibody led to a significant reduction in symptoms. Further investigation using sequencing technologies and bioinformatic analyses revealed that TSLP functions as a key regulator of the disease. Based on these findings, the researchers concluded that the TSLP protein could serve as a target for new treatments for chronic esophageal inflammation (EoE).

    Munitz concludes: “In this study, we found that the TSLP protein is a central player in EoE — a disease that causes significant suffering and is becoming increasingly prevalent worldwide. We know that pharmaceutical companies are currently developing a variety of antibodies targeting disease-causing proteins, under the broad category of biological therapies, including antibodies against TSLP. We believe these antibodies could serve as an effective treatment for EoE.”

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  • Historic Inveraray hotel saved from going bust by £3m takeover

    Historic Inveraray hotel saved from going bust by £3m takeover

    BEGBIES TRAYNOR The George Hotel - a large hotel with white painted walls, flags hanging outside and people walking past itBEGBIES TRAYNOR

    The George Hotel in Inveraray entered administration in March

    A historic family-run hotel in Argyll and Bute has been saved from going bust after a £3m rescue deal was agreed.

    Forty three jobs at the George Hotel in Inveraray will be retained as a result of the takeover by Fyne Hospitality.

    The George has been owned for 165 years by the Clark family, who listed it for sale last year. It then entered administration in spring this year.

    New co-owner Charlie Maclachlan said he was delighted to take control of what he described as the beating heart of Inveraray, with the hotel situated on the banks of Loch Fyne.

    Administrators Begbies Traynor said in March that the hotel had been struggling with “historic debts” which crippled the cash flow of the business.

    About 60 roles were placed at risk when the hotel entered administration, and it currently employs 43 full and part time staff.

    Mr Maclachlan, who will co-own the establishment with Sam Wignell, said the George was steeped in character.

    Mr Wignell added: “Our vision is simple. Preserve the heritage, elevate the experience, and ensure The George remains a celebrated destination for generations to come.”

    Begbies Traynor Three men standing outside a hotel - they are all smiling and grinning.Begbies Traynor

    Charlie Maclachlan, Thomas McKay and Sam Wignell have agreed a takeover deal

    Thomas McKay, a partner at Begbies Traynor, said there had been 51 interested parties who explored taking over the hotel.

    He added: “We want to thank the Clark family, who owned the hotel for seven generations, for their integrity throughout and their contribution not only to Inveraray, but their openness and help with a challenging trading and sale process.

    “We are also grateful to the customers and local community for their fantastic support and their loyalty to the venue over the last few months, and of course to the George Hotel staff for their ongoing hard work during the process of administration and the uncertainty that brings.”

    He also said the takeover was the best possible outcome for workers and the local area.

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  • AI Tool Pythia Enhances CRISPR Gene Editing Precision

    AI Tool Pythia Enhances CRISPR Gene Editing Precision


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    Summary 

    University of Zurich researchers have developed Pythia, an AI tool that predicts how cells repair DNA after CRISPR cuts, guiding ultra-precise edits. Tested in human cells, frogs, and mice, the method improves safety and accuracy, offering powerful applications for disease modeling, protein tracking and developing targeted, next-generation gene therapies.

    Key Takeaways

    • AI-powered precision: Pythia forecasts DNA repair to guide accurate CRISPR edits and reduce unintended changes.
    • Broad validation: Proven effective in human cells, Xenopus frogs and mouse brain cells.
    • Therapeutic potential: Opens doors for safer, more targeted gene therapies, including for neurological diseases.

    A research team headed by the University of Zurich has developed a powerful new method to precisely edit DNA by combining cutting-edge genetic engineering with artificial intelligence. This technique opens the door to more accurate modeling of human diseases and lays the groundwork for next-generation gene therapies.

    Precise and targeted DNA editing by small point mutations as well as the integration of whole genes via CRISPR/Cas technology has great potential for applications in biotechnology and gene therapy. However, it is very important that the so-called “gene scissors” do not cause any unintended genetic changes, but maintain genomic integrity to avoid unintended side effects. Normally, double-stranded breaks in the DNA molecule are accurately repaired in humans and other organisms. But occasionally, this DNA end joining repair results in genetic errors.

    Gene editing with greatly improved precision

    Now, scientists from the University of Zurich (UZH), Ghent University in Belgium and the ETH Zurich have developed a new method which greatly improves the precision of genome editing. Using artificial intelligence (AI), the tool called “Pythia” predicts how cells repair their DNA after it is cut by gene editing tools such as CRISPR/Cas9. “Our team developed tiny DNA repair templates, which act like molecular glue and guide the cell to make precise genetic changes”, says lead author Thomas Naert, who pioneered the technology in at the UZH and is currently a post-doc at Gent University.

    These AI-designed templates were first tested in human cell cultures, where they enabled highly accurate gene edits and integrations. The approach was also validated in other organisms, including Xenopus, a small tropical frog used in biomedical research, and in living mice, where the researchers successfully edited DNA in brain cells.

    AI can learn and predict DNA repair patterns

    “DNA repair follows patterns; it is not random. And Pythia uses these patterns to our advantage,” says Naert. Traditionally, when CRISPR cuts DNA, scientists rely on the cell’s natural repair mechanisms to fix the break. While these repairs follow predictable patterns, they can result in unwanted outcomes, such as destruction of the surrounding genes. “What we modeled at massive scale is that this DNA repair process obeys consistent rules that AI can learn and predict,” says Naert. With this insight, the researchers simulated millions of possible editing outcomes using machine learning, asking a simple but powerful question: What is the most efficient way to make a specific small change to the genome, given how the cell is likely to repair itself?

    In addition to changing individual letters of the genetic code or integrate an exogenously delivered gene, the method can also be used to fluorescently label specific proteins. “That is incredibly powerful,” says Naert, “because it allows us to directly observe what individual proteins are doing in healthy and diseased tissue.” Another advantage of the new method is that it works well in all cells – even in organs with no cell division, such as the brain.

    Basis for developing precise gene therapies

    Pythia is named after the high priestess of the oracle at the Temple of Apollo of Delphi in Antiquity, who was consulted to predict the future. In a similar way, this new tool allows scientists to forecast the outcomes of gene editing with remarkable precision. “Just as meteorologists use AI to predict the weather, we are using it to forecast how cells will respond to genetic interventions. That kind of predictive power is essential if we want gene editing to be safe, reliable, and clinically useful,” says Soeren Lienkamp, professor at the Institute of Anatomy of UZH and the ETH Zurich and senior author of the study.

    “What excites us most is not only the technology itself, but also the possibilities it opens. Pythia brings together large-scale AI prediction with real biological systems. From cultured cells to whole animals, this tight loop between modeling and experimentation points is becoming increasingly useful, for example in precise gene therapies”, Lienkamp adds. This work creates new possibilities for understanding genetic disease and developing gene therapies, also for neurological diseases, that are both safer and more effective.

    Reference: Naert T, Yamamoto T, Han S, et al. Precise, predictable genome integrations by deep-learning-assisted design of microhomology-based templates. Nat Biotechnol. 2025. doi: 10.1038/s41587-025-02771-0

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  • Demi Lovato’s team ‘terrified’ Alyson Stoner during ‘Camp Rock’ days

    Demi Lovato’s team ‘terrified’ Alyson Stoner during ‘Camp Rock’ days

    Disney alum Alyson Stoner is opening up about their friendship with Demi Lovato during her “Camp Rock”-era substance abuse issues.  

    Stoner’s memoir “Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything” delves into the dark reality of child fame, including glossy movie sets contrasting a tumultuous home life, stalkers and an eating disorder that landed them in rehab. 

    In Lovato’s “Child Star” documentary, Lovato recalled Stoner was the first to approach her about her eating disorder. In Stoner’s memoir, they recall the same moment, describing the “rare” moment of “real transparency with a peer in the industry.” Lovato, in turn, nudged Stoner about their harmful exercise regimen, asking if they could “support each other.” But in the throes of their separate eating disorders and other mental health struggles, neither knew how to help the other.

    Stoner felt ‘terrified’ of Demi Lovato’s team amid substance abuse

    Stoner writes Lovato and them had an “instant rapport like childhood buddies” when they were paired together during “Camp Rock” auditions. 

    But when the Jonas Brothers took the rest of the “Camp Rock” cast on tour, Lovato spiraled into “reckless partying,” substance abuse and self-harm and Stoner grew resentful. 

    Stoner writes Lovato’s team appointed 20 sober companions to monitor her, but “she outwitted every one of them.” Now, Stoner writes they have more context given what they know about Lovato’s bipolar disorder, bulimia, depression and other mental health struggles. But at the time, Stoner referred to Lovato’s “Regina George” behavior (referencing the popular bully in “Mean Girls”) as a “chasm in our once kindred connection.” 

    “To get through the tour, the entire crew bent the knee, accepting that at any moment we could be open targets for her to externalize her pain,” Stoner writes. “At 16, being forced to submit to her power plays was confusing. She verbally lashed out behind the curtain, and then we’d walk onstage for a sound check meet-and-greet and publicly kiss her crown.” 

    USA TODAY has reached out to Lovato’s team for comment.

    Stoner also writes Lovato punched a touring back-up dancer because she thought they snitched on her for doing drugs. After that, the “Hollywood machine went into overdrive,” Stoner writes, to cover for Lovato. When Lovato went into rehab, Stoner and the cast received death threats from her fans. 

    “For several years, I felt suffocated under the weight of Demi’s power and terrified of her PR team, the extreme remarks from her fanbase and the way mass media gave a fabricated identity a life of its own,” Stoner writes.

    Demi Lovato apologized to Alyson Stoner ahead of ‘Child Star’ documentary

    The castmates didn’t speak for 14 years, not until Lovato’s team reached out asking if Stoner wanted to participate in “Child Star,” the documentary Lovato was directing. Stoner requested the pair meet over a preliminary phone call to “gauge Demi’s intentions.”

    Lovato apologized, and Stoner got a better understanding of the underlying issues exacerbating her behavior during the “Camp Rock” tour. Now, with their shared advocacy against the dark side of child stardom, both Stoner and Lovato are focused on helping new generations. 

    Clare Mulroy is USA TODAY’s Books Reporter, where she covers buzzy releases, chats with authors and dives into the culture of reading. Find her on Instagram, subscribe to our weekly Books newsletter or tell her what you’re reading at cmulroy@usatoday.com. 


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  • Harbor Appoints Morten Vinther as Executive Creative Director, Advertising

    Harbor Appoints Morten Vinther as Executive Creative Director, Advertising

    ​Harbor has welcomed the appointment of Morten Vinther as its new executive creative director, advertising. An acclaimed director and creative leader, Morten brings over 25 years of experience spanning film, gaming, and advertising to his new role.

    Morten’s career is marked by an impressive body of work and industry recognition. He directed the Clio Grand Award-winning cinematic for Sony PlayStation’s The Last of Us Part II, wrote and directed the Ciclope and Shots Award-winning short film Arena Breakout for Tencent, and helmed the Ciclope, Shots, and AICP Award-winning launch films for EA/Koei Tecmo’s Wild Hearts. Most recently, he directed the opening in-game cinematic for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor for Respawn Entertainment.

    Beyond his accolades, Morten is widely known for his ability to lead, mentor, and inspire high-performing creative and VFX teams across the globe. His leadership roles include head of 2D at both The Mill LA and Glassworks Amsterdam, and head of 2D at MPC LA. In his previous role as director with Great Guns, Morten demonstrated his strength in pitching, securing new business, and delivering visually stunning, emotionally resonant storytelling – from concept and on-set direction to post-production, VFX, and final delivery.

    “Morten’s career reflects a mastery of visual storytelling, a drive to push creative boundaries, and a passion for nurturing talent,” said Massimo D’Avolio, EVP, post-production at Harbor. “As our advertising division grows, his arrival marks an exciting new chapter. Morten is both a creative force and a strategic thinker – his experience in gaming and scaling assets without compromising craft will elevate our work and inspire our teams. We’re thrilled to welcome him aboard.”

    On his new role, Morten commented, “I’m very excited to join the excellent people at Harbor. What the team has been building is both inspiring and future-facing. I’m here to help turn big and ambitious ideas into beautifully crafted work. My passion is to foster strong, collaborative teams where everyone feels empowered to contribute. For me, that’s the crucial foundation for great craft. With the ongoing giant leaps forward in technology, I’m also excited to be pushing the boundaries of how this work is created at Harbor, elevating the work and the process behind it.”

    At Harbor, Morten will shape the creative vision of the advertising division, championing craft, supporting teams, and forging new opportunities for ground breaking work. His extensive experience collaborating across disciplines, including directing live-action, integrating VFX, and working with both human performers and digital characters, makes him a dynamic addition to Harbor’s leadership team.


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  • Elon Musk’s Tesla diner has already slashed its menu and restricted hours less than three weeks after its grand opening

    Elon Musk’s Tesla diner has already slashed its menu and restricted hours less than three weeks after its grand opening

    • The Tesla Diner has cut back its menu options, two weeks after opening. Reports indicate there are now just five sandwiches on the menu and several items, such as Epic Bacon, were removed. Hourse appear to have been reduced as well.

    Tesla’s foray into the restaurant business is starting to mirror its vehicle selection. 

    Less than three weeks after opening, the charging station/restaurant has drastically scaled back its menu, removing several offerings. As of Aug. 5, reports Eater, there were just five sandwiches left on the menu, the same number of vehicles the company sells.

    The number of sides has been similarly reduced to two, along with two flavors of pie, all of which are available to order from Tesla’s in-car infotainment system.

    Gone are the market salad, the club sandwich, biscuits and red gravy, and hash-brown bites. Want a veggie burger? Nope. That’s history, too. And items that were formerly listed as “all-day breakfast” are now only served in the morning.

    Epic Bacon, a bag of maple-glazed breakfast meat dusted with black pepper, is off the menu. So, too, are some fountain-drink options, like the Shirley Temple and Creamsicle.

    What you can get now is a Tesla burger, hot dog, grilled cheese, tuna melt or a fried chicken sandwich. Also fries.

    Tesla Diner chef Eric Greenspan told Eater the menu was scaled down because of “unprecedented demand” and it would be “forever evolving.”

    Also evolving? The hours. Initially promoted as a 24/7 establishment, the Tesla Diner now operates from 6:00 a.m. until midnight, unless you’re charging or ordering from you Tesla. And there have been reports that non-Tesla owners were not allowed to charge their vehicles at the diner site.

    Elon Musk has envisioned the Tesla Diner as something that could expand nationwide.

    “If our retro-futuristic diner turns out well, which I think it will, @Tesla will establish these in major cities around the world, as well as at Supercharger sites on long distance routes,” Musk wrote on social media.

    Introducing the 2025 Fortune Global 500, the definitive ranking of the biggest companies in the world. Explore this year’s list.

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  • Studying Terrestrial Rocks To Prepare Techniques for Mars

    Studying Terrestrial Rocks To Prepare Techniques for Mars

    Learning how to study the leopardlike spots found on both terrestrial and Martian rocks can prepare scientists for when the real samples arrive from space.

    From the Journal: Review of Scientific Instruments

    The original, untreated sample Heinz picked up on his Sedona hike, with spots similar to spots on the Mars Sapphire Canyon rock. Credit: Nicholas Heinz

    WASHINGTON, August 12, 2025 – In 2024, NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance collected an unusual rock sample. The rock, named Sapphire Canyon, features white, leopardlike spots with black borders within a red mudstone and might hold clues about sources of organic molecules within Mars.

    Here on Earth, in Review of Scientific Instruments, by AIP Publishing, researchers from Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology used a technique called optical photothermal infrared spectroscopy (O-PTIR) to study a visually similar rock. They wanted to determine if O-PTIR can be applied to the Sapphire Canyon sample when it is eventually brought here for study.

    O-PTIR uses two lasers to study a material: The first heats up the material and causes small thermal vibrations on its surface proportional to the laser’s wavelength, and the second measures the extent of these changes. Together, this creates the material’s unique chemical fingerprint.

    The researchers tested O-PTIR on a basalt rock with dark inclusions of similar size to the Sapphire Canyon sample’s — which, in contrast to Perseverance’s sophisticated sample selection process, author Nicholas Heinz found purely by coincidence.

    “I was hiking in Arizona, in Sedona, when I saw this rock that just didn’t look like it belonged,” he said. “I put it in my backpack and brought it back to look at.”

    They aimed to see if O-PTIR could differentiate between the rock’s primary material and its dark inclusions and found it was extremely effective because of the enhanced spatial resolution of O-PTIR. Moreover, O-PTIR is a rapid technique. Each spectrum can be collected in minutes, allowing scientists to go in with a more sensitive technique to study potential areas of interest identified in more detail, such as regions containing organics.

    “I hope this capability will be considered for any future material returned from Mars, an asteroid, or any other planetary surface,” said Heinz.

    The team’s O-PTIR capabilities are the only of their kind available at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and have already been used by other NASA missions — in 2024, they helped confirm the cleanliness of Europa Clipper, a mission to study one of Jupiter’s moons, prior to its launch. Heinz said that now that they’ve shown its additional benefits in applications related to Mars samples, and geology more widely, they are working with NASA’s Mars science team to test the algal microfossils typically used as Mars analogs for the rovers.

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    Article Title

    Application of optical photothermal infrared spectroscopy (O-PTIR) for future returned Mars samples

    Authors

    Nicholas Heinz, Mark S. Anderson, Jerami Mennella, and George R. Rossman

    Author Affiliations

    Nicholas Heinz, Mark S. Anderson, Jerami Mennella, and George R. Rossman

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  • Samsung Launches World First Micro RGB TV, Setting New Standard for Premium TV Technology

    Samsung Launches World First Micro RGB TV, Setting New Standard for Premium TV Technology

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    Micro RGB TV achieves exceptional color accuracy covering 100% of the BT2020 color gamut, redefining the paradigm of ultra-premium displays

    8/12/2025

    Samsung Electronics America today announced the official launch of its Micro RGB TV, the world’s first1 display to feature a micro-scale RGB LED backlight behind a super big and fully immersive 115-inch screen. This breakthrough display delivers brilliant brightness and hyper-realistic hues, allowing you to indulge in color like never before.

    The category-defining TV is built with Samsung proprietary Micro RGB Technology, which arranges individually controlled red, green and blue micro LEDs — each less than 100µm in size — in an ultra-fine pattern behind the panel. Unlike most conventional backlighting, the architecture enables precision control over each red, green and blue LED — resulting in an industry-first 100% color coverage of BT.2020, an international standard for color accuracy established by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)2.

    “Micro RGB achieves unprecedented precision in the control of micrometer-sized RGB LEDs, raising the bar for color accuracy and contrast in consumer displays,” said Taeyong Son, Executive Vice President and Head of the R&D Team of the Visual Display (VD) Business at Samsung Electronics. “With this launch, we’re setting the standard in the large-sized, ultra-premium TV market and reinforcing our commitment to next-generation display innovation.”

    Powered by the Samsung Micro RGB AI engine3, this new innovation uses AI processing to finely control the red, green and blue backlight for next-level color expression, as well as optimized picture and sound. This advanced technology analyzes each frame in real time and automatically optimizes color output for a more lifelike and immersive picture. With AI, Micro RGB Color Booster Pro recognizes scenes with dull color tones to intelligently enhance colors across all content for a more vivid and immersive viewing experience.

    Plus, the display features Micro RGB Precision Color, which lends a new level of intense immersion to your movie night. The technology finely and precisely controls colors, adding depth and dimension for a level of detail nearly indistinguishable from real life. Samsung Micro RGB TV also received ‘Micro RGB Precision Color’ certification from the Verband der Elektrotechnik (VDE), a leading German electrical engineering certification institute.

    Samsung Micro RGB TV is designed with our most advanced Glare Free technology to minimize reflections, even in bright lighting conditions for a more comfortable and focused viewing experience. Apart from providing next-generation performance, the Micro RGB TV’s super slim metal design achieves a sleek, minimalistic profile to compliment any interior.

    With Samsung Vision AI integrated, the display offers a smarter viewing experience, enabling features like an upgraded Click to Search4, powered by Samsung Bixby. Viewers can ask Bixby contextual questions about the content on screen and receive natural language answers, as well as access actor bios, related content and real-time recommendations without ever leaving the screen.

    Vision AI

    Samsung Micro RGB TV is also secured by Samsung Knox5, the industry-leading security solution designed to protect your sensitive personal data, and supports the Samsung 7-year free Tizen OS Upgrade program6, which ensures ongoing software enhancements and long-term upgrades.

    Samsung Micro RGB TV will be available in the U.S. for an MSRP of $29,999. It’s also available in Korea, with future plans for a global rollout featuring a variety of sizes to meet customer needs.

    To learn more about Samsung Micro RGB TV, visit, www.samsung.com.

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  • Clarifying Medical Images Using Next-Level Pixel-Particle Analogy

    Clarifying Medical Images Using Next-Level Pixel-Particle Analogy

    The math describing how particles move in space can apply to stray pixels, removing noise from images.

    From the Journal: AIP Advances

    A medical image denoising method based on principles of quantum mechanics outperform machine learning, statistical methods, and neural networks. The same approach could aid quantum computing performance at scale. Credit: Hashemi et al.

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 12, 2025 – Medical imaging methods such as ultrasound and MRI are often affected by background noise, which can introduce blurring and obscure fine anatomical details in the images. For clinicians who depend on medical images, background noise is a fundamental problem in making accurate diagnoses.

    Methods for denoising have been developed with some success, but they struggle with the complexity of noise patterns in medical images and require manual tuning of parameters, adding complexity to the denoising process.

    To solve the denoising problem, some researchers have drawn inspiration from quantum mechanics, which describes how matter and energy behave at the atomic scale. Their studies draw an analogy between how particles vibrate and how pixel intensity spreads out in images and causes noise. Until now, none of these attempts directly applied the full-scale mathematics of quantum mechanics to image denoising.

    In a paper this week in AIP Advances, by AIP Publishing, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Weill Cornell Medicine, GE HealthCare, and Université de Toulouse took a particle-pixel analogy to the next level.

    “While quantum localization is a well-established phenomenon in physical materials, our key innovation was conceptualizing it for noisy images — translating the physics literally, not just metaphorically,” author Amirreza Hashemi said. “This foundational analogy didn’t exist before. We’re the first to formalize it.”

    A central concept in the math describing matter and energy, localization is used to explain how particles vibrate in a space. Vibrations that stay confined are considered localized, while vibrations that spread out are diffused. Similarly, pixel intensity, or brightness, in a clear image can be considered localized, while noisy patterns in an image can be considered diffused.

    The authors apply the same mathematics that describe the localization of particle vibrations in the surrounding physical space to decipher the localization of pixel intensity in images. In this way, they can separate the noise-free “signal” of the anatomical structures in the image from the visual noise of stray pixels.

    “The main aspect was developing an algorithm that automatically separates the localized (signal) and nonlocalized (noise) components of pixels in an image by exploiting their distinct behaviors,” Hashemi said.

    The researchers’ direct application of the physics and mathematics of particles also eliminated the need to manually fine-tune parameters in denoising algorithms, which Hashemi said is a major hindrance in traditional approaches.

    “Our method leverages physics-driven principles, like localization and diffusive dynamics, which inherently separate noise from signal without expensive optimization,” Hashemi said. “The algorithm just works by design, avoiding brute-force computations.”

    Their method has applications not only in medical image denoising, but across quantum computing, too.

    “Our physics-driven framework aligns with the computational primitives of quantum systems, offering a potential performance advantage as quantum computing scales.”

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    Article Title

    A novel perspective on denoising using quantum localization with application to medical imaging

    Authors

    Amirreza Hashemi, Sayantan Dutta, Bertrand Georgeot, Denis Kouamé, and Hamid Sabet

    Author Affiliations

    Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Weill Cornell Medicine, Advanced Technology Group, Université de Toulouse

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