#Science Alert

[xtruss]

Your Breathing Pattern Is As Unique As A Fingerprint, Study Finds

— 13 June 2025 | By Michelle Starr

Every single human on this planet is as distinct as a snowflake; a combination of traits and genes and microbes that, as far as we can tell, is not replicated exactly in any other single human.

One traits that is unique to each individual is the breath that sustains us. Each person has an idiosyncratic pattern to the constant inhale-exhale that counts out our hours, days, and years on this planet.

That's what a team of scientists discovered after fitting people with a wearable device that monitored their nasal breathing. An analysis of the data revealed patterns that were detailed enough for the researchers to identify individuals with an accuracy of 96.8 percent.

This 'respiratory fingerprint', says a team led by brain scientist Timna Soroka of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, could promote new ways to understand and treat physical and mental ailments.

The way you breathe through your nose can identify several things about you. (Soroka et al. Curr. Biol., 2025)

"You would think that breathing has been measured and analyzed in every way," says neuroscientist Noam Sobel of the Weizmann Institute of Science. "Yet we stumbled upon a completely new way to look at respiration. We consider this as a brain readout."

We can take breathing somewhat for granted, but it's governed by a complex and extensive brain network that largely automates the process, permitting for conscious control by the individual when circumstances require – such as holding one's breath when jumping into water, for instance.

Soroka, Sobel, and their colleagues at the Weizmann Olfaction Research Group have been investigating the way the brain processes scent during inhalation. During this research, they made the very small leap towards studying the concept of a breath-print.

The researchers could identify beahvior, traits, and BMI based on breathing patterns. (Soroka et al., Curr. Biol., 2025)

"The idea of using an individual's breathing pattern as a unique signature has been discussed for decades within the respiratory science community. You can easily see each person's uniqueness when you measure different people," Soroka told ScienceAlert.

"However, there was no convenient way to measure it until now. The development of a tiny wearable device capable of recording over extended periods allowed us to measure 100 participants over 24 hours. This, in turn, enabled us to present the concept in a much more compelling way."

The researchers developed a device that precisely monitors and logs the airflow through each nostril of the wearer. Then, they tasked 97 study participants with wearing the device for up to 24 hours. From just one hour of recording, the researchers achieved an accurate identification rate of 43 percent, Soroka said. This accuracy skyrocketed at 24 hours.

The resulting breath log was then analyzed using a protocol known as BreathMetrics, which examines 24 parameters of the individual's nasal respiration.

The recording device was attached to the back of the neck. (Soroka et al., Curr. Biol., 2025)

Since respiration is usually only measured for short periods of time – around 20 minutes or so – the resulting dataset was far more comprehensive than usually seen, giving a much more comprehensive view of each individual's respiration, from rest to exertion.

"We expected to be able to identify individuals," Soroka said, "but not that it would be so strong."

The researchers did not just find that an individual can be confidently identified based on their breathing pattern; the results also revealed what those breathing patterns can indicate about a person.

There's the usual gamut of activities. A person at rest will have a distinct breathing pattern as opposed to someone out on a constitutional jog, for instance. The researchers also found that a person's breathing correlates with their BMI.

The study participants were tasked with filling out questionnaires about their mental health. Those participants with self-reported anxiety issues generally had shorter inhales and more variability in the pauses between their breaths while sleeping.

While not the purpose of the study, this indicates an avenue for further investigation. People undergoing significant stress or panic are given breathing exercises to help mitigate their symptoms. Perhaps working on conscious breathing could be more helpful than we thought.

The next step, however, will be how this research might be applied to diagnostics, Soroka said.

"We can learn how specific breathing patterns may predict various diseases," she explained. "But of course, in the future we will examine whether we can also treat disease by modifying respiratory patterns."

— The Research Has Been Published in Current Biology.

[despertarsabiendo]

Li-Fi vs. Wi-Fi: El Futuro de Internet con Luz Visible

Tecnología Li-Fi: La revolución del internet.

En la actualidad, existen diversas formas de conectarnos a Internet, cada una con sus propias ventajas y características. Algunos de los métodos más comunes son Ethernet, fibra óptica, Wi-Fi y datos móviles. Cada uno de estos ofrece diferentes velocidades de conexión y alcances, lo que nos permite elegir el que mejor se adapte a nuestras necesidades. Por ejemplo, la fibra óptica es una versión…

[xkittzkornerx]

i watched my great grandfather slowly die from this gut wrenching disease as a small child. any time i read about advancements in dementia treatment of any kind i experience derealization.

A sequence of stress signals among specialized clean-up cells in the brain could at last reveal why some immune responses can cause significant nerve degeneration that results in the loss of memory, judgement, and awareness behind Alzheimer's disease. Blocking this pathway in mouse brains modeled on Alzheimer's prevented damage to their synapse connections and reduced the buildup of potentially toxic tau proteins – both hallmarks of the condition.

Continue Reading.

[dementiadad]

The latest with Alzheimer's Dementia...

[mechncheese]

[Science AU] Red Alert and First Aid's passionate karaoke night

Here’s their karaoke playlist

[jazzradio]

cybertrons finest nurses at your service (singing on the job)

science cont by @mechncheese lala

[anarchysammichh]

Dr Pine got a standing ovation and Ford.... may have gotten escorted out (again)

Lyrics are by @greenbunny7!! Check out the first and second verse here!

Okay I know it's been a week but here it is! I had this storyboarded for a while but kept putting off cleaning it up (the random art block struck...) Sorry this took a while to get out!!

This was legitimately one of the most fun things I've animated, I'm so glad this was spawned because of this silly au.

Also yes I'm working on the beat for this, but I might not post it for a while because I wanna refine it a lot. I've never composed a beat for anything before so uh yeah. Probably going to post some other things in the meanwhile though!

[twink-shadow]

*finally catching up to them after taking a quick emotional breather*

"Yes. This family of tree, Arecaceae, is native to this island. Colloquially, people call them 'palm trees'."

What do you mean? You are 100% my child (alt me counts) and I love you. My bumpkin :)

-@twink-shadow

just end me and turn me into bumpkin bi already...

IM NOT YOUR CHILD (oblivious)

[internetskiff]

something something It's very interesting to me how Aperture is consistently a sort of mirror to the Combine Citadel. Two buildings built by entirely different hands, one not even of earthly origin, yet both fulfilling the same purpose - dehumanize, control, conceal.

Both facilities treat humans as a resource. As some kind of cargo to be stored as efficiently as possible, later to be processed and discarded. They both cram people picked off the streets into tiny boxes where they're then preserved for god knows how long, denied even the dignity of death.

They both shift restlessly, uncaring for who or what their many writhing arms may crush They build themselves out of themselves, countless corridors and chasms built seemingly for no one to ever traverse. The buildings feel as if they weren't even built with humans in mind, sparse catwalks scattered about as a mere afterthought.

Even the people who are meant to be in control are barely accounted for. Offices feel like either the bare minimum, or a strange alien approximation of an environment a human could work within. In neither cases were they built for comfort. Only for utility.

Aperture as both a company and a facility shows that humanity, under the right conditions, would have come a little too close to becoming a perfect mirror image of the Combine. If things hadn't gone wrong, it's safe to say humanity was on track for exactly that. Black Mesa wanted to exploit Xen, just like the Combine wanted to exploit Earth. Hell, while those two were at it, Aperture was too busy exploiting itself, and doing a damn good job at it. Both Aperture and the Universal Union are systems where literally no one was benefitting from the status quo, because they were too busy slaving away maintaining it. The Combine is just what Humanity would have become if it wasn't stopped at the very first hurdle. Flesh and machine, living and functional - both turned synonymous.

[bluecoffeebeanz]

modern au where Aki’s swords are just wall decor 🥲

[accio-victuuri]

hahahahahaha! no. i’m not gonna do this. don’t bait me. it’s the hand game again! lol. like what happened with the ROMW cover. but this time, OP is wondering if it’s even the same hands.

we are clowning too much 😂😂😂😅😅😅

and oh, how could i forget that light in the middle. could be the moon? 🌙 a cpf symbolism i have talked about so many times that it’s a given we all understand the importance.

this singer xz move from his part, doing something he always loved to do and showing everyone a new ( well not so new but you know what i mean ) side of him feels like it’s inspired by bobo. hear me out. bobo has always been someone who is not defined by one thing. especially recently. he is a man of many talents/hobbies and he is proof that you can do it all and not neglect his career as an actor. so maybe xz saw that and was inspired to finally take this step. ♥️

[smbhax]

From "The Strangers from Space!" in Tales of Suspense #1, January 1959. Al Williamson pencils, Roy Krenkel backgrounds, Gray Morrow inks, Stan Goldberg (?) colors, Artie Simek letters. Photoshop color reduction.

Info from Grand Comics Database.

[lifewithaview]

Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, and Jim Parsons in The Big Bang Theory (2007) The Bozeman Reaction

S3E13

Sheldon and Leonard's apartment is robbed. Leonard takes the incident in stride, but Sheldon has an extreme reaction to his space being violated and his possessions stolen. As Leonard, Penny, Howard and Raj do whatever they can to help Sheldon overcome this new found fear of the apartment, Sheldon decides that he has to make some drastic changes in life to regain his sense of security. Meanwhile, Leonard, Penny, Howard and Raj learn that Sheldon considers them three of his closest friends and one treasured acquaintance, but no one knows who is the one that falls into that latter category...

*The movie Star Trek: First Contact (1996) established Bozeman, Montana as the site of first contact between Vulcans and humans. Given Sheldon's fascination for Star Trek in general and Mr. Spock in particular, this look like an obvious choice for his relocation.

[mechncheese]

Hello! Hello! So, you mentioned that Brainstorm gives everyone a nick name, so if you don't mind me asking what's his nickname for everyone else? (Takes a chomp out of your art and scampers away)

Bahaha Idm at all ! Here's what Brainstorm calls everyone else

[reidiot]

when neville goddard said "since creation is finished, it is impossible to force anything into being" and albert einstein said "imagination is more important than knowledge" . they know exactly what it feels like to be a hot girl tbh