Aspirin is used as an analgesic and antipyretic, but its release into the water bodies may also cause various diseases, such as stomach ulcers, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and tinnitus. This study investigates the elimination of aspirin using B 12 N 12 nanocages employing DFT simulations....
✦ Clinical Takeaway ✦
No actionable change — this is a computational chemistry study with no direct clinical relevance to audiology or hearing care.
✦ Why It Matters ✦
This article has no meaningful relevance to the audiology field; tinnitus appears only incidentally as a listed aspirin side effect and is not studied.
✦ Key Points ✦
- 01DFT (density functional theory) computational chemistry study — not a clinical or audiology study.
- 02Focuses on B12N12 nanocage as a potential adsorbent for aspirin removal from water.
- 03Tinnitus is mentioned only as one of several possible side effects of aspirin in water bodies — it is not a study outcome.
- 04Published in Scientific Reports (PMID 42168460).
- 05No audiological data, hearing outcomes, or patient populations are involved.
✦ Research metadata ✦
- PMID
- 42168460
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41598-026-53566-5.