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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 31-Mar-2025 14:08 ET (31-Mar-2025 18:08 GMT/UTC)
Digging up local history to update the culture of disaster preparedness
Kobe UniversityTUM spin-off launches first rocket
Technical University of Munich (TUM)Isar Aerospace, a spin-off of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), has conducted the first test flight of its rocket - and thus also the first launch of a carrier rocket designed to transport loads into orbit from Western Europe. In future, the system will be used to launch small and medium-sized satellites into space, which are crucial for numerous emerging technologies. The founding of the start-up by three graduates was intensively supported at TUM.
Smartphone-based program helps slow cognitive decline in older adults
Texas A&M UniversityStudy finds app significantly improves cognitive function in assisted living residents with mild impairment.
- Journal
- Public Health in Practice
Army veteran and Texas A&M chemistry Ph.D. student powers up battery materials research
Texas A&M UniversityDepartment of Chemistry doctoral student Evan Fox is pioneering research on sustainable battery materials that could reduce reliance on traditional resources and power the future of energy storage.
- Journal
- Chemistry of Materials
Texas A&M University named one of the world’s most innovative companies by Fast Company
Texas A&M UniversityMy cancer treatment checklist of questions.
University of Miami Miller School of MedicineAs a cancer patient, it can be challenging to ask questions of your health care providers. Even though I am a trained journalist who practically asks questions for a living, I struggled with all the questions I had during the early parts of my cancer journey.
Advancing human health by exploring viral dark matter
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory- Funder
- NIH/common fund