15-Dec-2025 It is rocket science: New heat shields, faster DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A team of engineers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed ways to rapidly evaluate new thermal protection materials for hypersonic vehicles. Their three-year research project combined computer modeling, laboratory experiments and flight testing to better understand how heat shields behave under extreme temperatures and pressures, and to predict their performance much faster than before. Funder DOE/US Department of Energy
15-Dec-2025 Bridging the digital divide for rural health care JMIR Publications JMIR Publications’ News & Perspectives Section Tackles Digital Divide: New Article Explores Innovative Strategies to Bring Rural Americans High-Quality Digital Health Care Journal Journal of Medical Internet Research
15-Dec-2025 From sewers to parks: Can wastewater save Europe’s hottest cities? European Science Communication Institute gGmbH Athens is facing water shortages because its reservoirs are dropping due to drought, heat, and less winter snow. To protect future supplies, authorities are investing in new solutions, including a small “sewer mining” unit that cleans wastewater on-site for safe use in parks, farms, and other community needs. This unit, supported by digital twin technology, helps reuse water locally and reduce pressure on the city’s distant lakes. Funder Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
15-Dec-2025 Survive the holidays without losing your cheer University of Texas at Arlington Tonya Hansel, associate dean for research at The University of Texas at Arlington’s School of Social Work, has conducted extensive research to help us manage unwanted stressors during the holidays.
15-Dec-2025 “First wall” for a fusion power plant Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) Future fusion power plants will need a ‘first wall’ that can be produced at industrial scale and withstands the extreme heat and radiation inside a reactor. In a project coordinated by laser fusion company Focused Energy, researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are working with partners in academia and industry to develop new materials and production processes for the first wall. Germany’s Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) is funding the joint project with about EUR 11 million.
15-Dec-2025 Top Cancer Research Advances at MSK in 2025 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers continued to make strides against cancer in 2025. Learn about some of their top discoveries.
15-Dec-2025 SFU’s WearTech Labs celebrates grand opening at Surrey campus Simon Fraser University WearTech Labs, one of SFU’s Core Facilities, today celebrated its grand opening with an event at SFU’s Surrey campus. The event marks the launch of the final lab within the facility, which offers a range of cutting-edge research and development (R&D) services for wearable technologies (wearables). WearTech Labs provides industry and research partners with access to world-leading facilities and expertise to drive innovation and real impact.
15-Dec-2025 Student research expands medical education in virtual reality spaces UCF College of Medicine As part of UCF’s Fall Senior Design Showcase, undergraduate students combined their computer science knowledge with College of Medicine faculty mentorship to develop innovative virtual aids for learning about the heart and understanding medical imaging.
15-Dec-2025 How synthetic biology can transform crops, cancer therapies, and drug discovery Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Mo Khalil is the Hok Lam and Kathleen Kam Wong Professor of Bioengineering and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). He researches synthetic biology; systems biology; genetic and epigenetic regulation; microbial ecology and evolution; and technology development and automation.
15-Dec-2025 Can AI strengthen democracy and improve collective decision-making? Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Ariel Procaccia is the Alfred and Rebecca Lin Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). His work combines mathematics, computer science, and AI to develop fairer, more representative methods of collective decision-making.
