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AnalySwift receives NASA STTR contract to transform spacecraft infrastructure for secondary uses during long-duration missions

Purdue University
Grant and Award Announcement

NASA has awarded AnalySwift a $156,424 STTR (Small Business Technology Transfer) contract to develop a novel method to disassemble and reassemble thermoplastic composite joints in space. It would enable reconfiguration of truss structures in space, transitioning away from one-time use to a scalable and sustainable approach.

Funder: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

For-profit hospices increasing despite poor performance

Weill Cornell Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Hospices are increasingly owned by private equity firms and publicly traded companies, but recently Weill Cornell Medicine researchers found that they performed substantially worse than hospices owned by not-for-profit agencies. This is concerning as nearly 75% of hospice programs, which care for patients in their last stage of life, are for-profit.

Journal: JAMA

The myth of junkfood-eating gamers is actually about social hunger – and gender

University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Science

Gamers are often associated with unhealthy diets, messy living spaces and at times asocial lifestyles. While the gamer stereotypes first mentioned have some basis in reality, this is not necessarily for the reasons we thought. This, according to new research from the University of Copenhagen that examines the daily lives of gamers.

Journal: Convergence The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies

Greg Liu is in his element using chemistry to tackle the plastics problem

Virginia Tech
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Liu, a professor in the Department of Chemistry, details how he converted plastic wrappers such as these into soaps and detergents in an article published by Nature Sustainability. The next step is to scale up his process and make it a continuous one, while, more importantly, making it cost effective.

Journal: Nature Sustainability

NTU Singapore start-up BrookieKids launches AI-powered interactive storytelling to help young children practice their mother tongue

Nanyang Technological University
Business Announcement

Local education tech startup, BrookieKids, has launched a groundbreaking digital library featuring over 50 Mandarin voice-interactive stories, which will grow with a monthly release of new stories. Through these engaging, animated tales, children can converse verbally with the stories, boosting their conversational skills and Mandarin language proficiency in a fun and interactive way.

Study reveals significant global disparities in cancer care across different countries

Wiley
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A recent analysis published by Wiley online in CANCER reveals striking disparities in the cost and availability of cancer drugs across different regions of the globe, with significant gaps between high- and low-income countries.

Journal: Cancer

Reconditioned pacemakers worked as well as new ones

American Heart Association
Reports and Proceedings

American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2024, Abstract 4171886

Funder: MHYH
Meeting: AHA Scientific Sessions 2024