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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 13-Sep-2025 21:11 ET (14-Sep-2025 01:11 GMT/UTC)
Celebrating 114 years of scientific impact
American Phytopathological SocietyOne life lost to sepsis every three seconds | World Sepsis Day
BGI GenomicsEvery three seconds, one life is lost to sepsis, according to the Global Sepsis Alliance. It is a life-threatening, dysregulated immune response to infection and remains a leading cause of death worldwide. Most of these deaths are preventable with timely intervention.
Conventional culturing diagnostic methods are often slow and imprecise. The advancement of metagenomic and targeted next-generation sequencing (mNGS and tNGS) now provides rapid precision diagnostics, enabling earlier treatment.
UC San Diego economist explains why K-beauty fans are suddenly paying more
University of California - San DiegoNew statistical tool enhances prediction accuracy
Lehigh UniversityUT San Antonio researchers develop non-opioid alternatives for pain relief
University of Texas at San AntonioStanton McHardy, director of the Center for Innovative Drug Discovery (CIDD) and professor of chemistry, is contributing to three groundbreaking research programs aimed at developing safe, non-opioid medications for managing pain.
For many in Texas, opioids are a common prescription for pain relief, but these powerful drugs carry significant risks, including addiction and overdose. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), Texas’s drug poisoning deaths, which are largely attributed to opioid overdoses, have increased by more than 75% in the past five years.
UC3M promotes STEM careers through the international educational project Stem Racing
Universidad Carlos III de MadridUniversidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M), through its Department of Mechanical Engineering and in collaboration with the organizing entity MADCUP, took part in the national final of the educational competition Stem Racing Spain supported by Formula 1®, formerly known as F1® in Schools.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville part of Mars team finding possible sign of life
University of Tennessee at Knoxville- Journal
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KIMM develops core technologies for liquid air energy storage to support Korea’s energy superhighway
National Research Council of Science & TechnologyThe KIMM research team, led by Principal Researcher Dr. Jun Young Park at the Department of Energy Storage Systems, independently designed and manufactured a turbo expander and cold box, achieving Korea’s first successful air liquefaction test for energy storage. The system can produce up to 10 tons of liquid air per day, providing a foundation for future commercialization.
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Healing the helpers: UCF College of Medicine leader helping local law enforcement
UCF College of MedicineUCF's Dr. Marcy Verduin, associate dean of students and professor of psychiatry, helped create Always Ready for the Road Ahead, a two-part mental health guidance program she is providing to all 3,000 sworn and civilian employees of the Orange County Sheriff's Office.