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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 20-Feb-2026 14:11 ET (20-Feb-2026 19:11 GMT/UTC)
Researchers use fungus to create plastic-free food packaging
University of Maine- Journal
- Langmuir
K-State nuclear engineering students gain experience, career connections at Kansas' only nuclear power plant
Kansas State UniversityKansas State University is preparing tomorrow's nuclear industry leaders to enter the workforce. Between the top-notch education and research opportunities at K-State and the real-world career experience through Evergy internships at Wolf Creek, the future of the nuclear industry is bright.
Weill Cornell Center for human rights marks 15 years of helping people in need
Weill Cornell MedicineIn the early aughts, when anesthesiologist Dr. Gunisha Kaur, M.D. ’10, was a medical student at Weill Cornell Medicine, she sought to help immigrants who were seeking refuge in the United States after experiencing persecution or torture in their home countries. It’s a passion drawn from a profoundly personal experience: As a daughter of Indian immigrants and an immigrant herself, she wanted to find a way to help people like her father, a Sikh who had been beaten by a mob in India and left for dead. Unfortunately, there was no forensic evaluation clinic to document asylum seekers’ injuries at Weill Cornell at the time.
“In the Mediterranean, two people out of three live near a wetland: A vital heritage under severe pressure”
Tour du ValatGas fermentation: Game changer for the circular economy?
Universitaet StuttgartNew CD Laboratory at TU Graz to research safe, lightweight rail vehicles
Graz University of Technology- Funder
- Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism, Siemens Mobility Austria GmbH, Plasser & Theurer, Export von Bahnbaumaschinen, Gesellschaft m.b.H., Miba Frictec GmbH
Science Briefing: High magnetic fields reveal atom-level structures of drugs, materials
Iowa State University- Funder
- U.S. National Science Foundation
- Meeting
- 2026 AAAS Annual Meeting
New sensor could diagnose UTIs right from your phone
Texas A&M UniversityResearchers at Texas A&M University are testing smart catheter sensors for early diagnosis and treatment of UTIs to lower the risk of patient complications.
3 things to know about cancer and your heart: Mayo Clinic expert shares tips to reduce risk
Mayo ClinicAs cancer therapies improve and increasingly achieve cures or recurring periods of remission, preventing and managing damage to organs from cancer treatment has become a top concern. That includes injury to the heart, says Joerg Herrmann, M.D., a cardiologist and the founder and director of the Cardio-Oncology Clinic at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.