16-Mar-2026 Goethe University mourns the loss of philosopher Jürgen Habermas Goethe University Frankfurt Philosopher Jürgen Habermas passed away this weekend at his home in Starnberg. Goethe University mourns the loss of its emeritus professor, who was a member of the university from 1964 to 1971 as Professor of Philosophy and Sociology, succeeding Max Horkheimer. Following his time as Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of the Scientific-Technological World, he returned to Goethe University in 1983 and remained Professor of Philosophy until his retirement in 1994.
13-Mar-2026 How proper nutrition fuels hoop dreams during March Madness George Mason University Twenty years after George Mason’s own Cinderella story, sports dietitians Quinten Patterson and Allison McKay share their chalk-talk for fueling and recovery during the Big Dance.
13-Mar-2026 From pandemic radars to "analog" living: JMIR publications explores the frontiers of AI safety and digital wellness JMIR Publications JMIR Publications today announced the release of three pivotal articles in its News and Perspectives section, highlighting the dual-edged nature of technology in modern society Journal Journal of Medical Internet Research
13-Mar-2026 Digital platform aims to support high-stakes decisions in vascular surgery Texas A&M University In vascular surgery, small decisions can have enormous consequences. A new free tool developed by Texas A&M University staff and students helps vascular surgeons by calculating patient risk and consolidating clinical decision-support tools into a single digital platform.
12-Mar-2026 Robots that learn everyday tasks, free humans from repetitive work National Research Council of Science & Technology The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM, President Seog-Hyeon Ryu) announced that a research team led by Dr. Jeong-Jung Kim, Head of the Department of AI Machinery at the Research Institute of AI Robotics, has developed a robot task AI capable of performing everyday activities such as organizing items, clearing tables, and manipulating objects. Funder Ministry of Science and ICT
12-Mar-2026 Cornell Atkinson: Financing the future of agriculture Cornell University Cornell Atkinson and a host of partners are addressing challenges in finance and insurance to support farmers, now and in the future.
12-Mar-2026 Tsutomu Sawai, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University Hiroshima University Professor (Special Recognition) Tsutomu Sawai at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences specializes in applied ethics. Specifically, his research deals with ELSI (ethical, legal and social implications) and RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation), frameworks for ethics in research, and he is a globally recognised researcher in the field.
12-Mar-2026 What a tiny primate reveals about the human heart’s pacemaker Howard Hughes Medical Institute By studying mouse lemur families, HHMI Investigator Mark Krasnow uncovered an important role for magnesium in human heart health and disease.
11-Mar-2026 A risk in the ripple: Understanding Heterobilharzia americana in dogs Texas A&M University Once considered rare and geographically limited, Texas A&M research suggests that H. americana may be more common — and more widespread — than previously thought. Dogs can become infected with H. americana, a flatworm that lives in the blood vessels that drain the gastrointestinal tract, by contact with freshwater.
11-Mar-2026 Robots vs. Therapists: live experiment tests AI’s ability to give relationship advice Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Can artificial intelligence offer meaningful relationship advice, or do human therapists still provide something machines cannot replicate? Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics explored this question during a public experiment at the InScience Film Festival in the city of Nijmegen.
