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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 21-Oct-2026 00:16 ET (21-Oct-2026 04:16 GMT/UTC)
6 things we're learning from sleep research that could change how you age
Sutter HealthSleep isn't just a time for rest. Growing evidence suggests it may be one of the most powerful factors influencing how well we age, affecting everything from brain health and memory to hospital recovery and long-term independence. For more than two decades, Katie Stone, Ph.D., a sleep researcher at the Center for Aging Science of Sutter Health Research Institute has helped advance understanding of how sleep affects dementia, heart health, falls, fractures and healthy aging. Her research is helping to reshape how scientists think about sleep as a driver of long-term health.
New Online Ag Business Degree Available from the University of Tennessee
University of Tennessee Institute of AgricultureThe University of Tennessee Herbert College of Agriculture is now offering traditional and nontraditional students an opportunity to earn a bachelor's degree in agricultural business totally online.
Professional opportunities for graduates include agricultural banking, finance, and sales; positions in agriculture or food industries; farm management; and various public agencies.New scientific research projects study heart/brain connection to migraines, headaches
American Heart AssociationBystander CPR: You never know when you may need it
University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonBuilding self-powered, smart warning system to catch local floods
University of Texas at San AntonioWhen sudden rainstorms roll across Texas, flooding can erupt in a matter of minutes. From coastal bends facing storm surges to low-water crossings in San Antonio, flood risks often spike block by block long before regional alerts sound. That means some people could have ankle-deep water in their yard by the time a flash flood warning notification sounds on their phone.
But a better monitoring system could get the word out more swiftly — and also more accurately. Researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio have developed a self-sustaining, artificial intelligence-powered flood warning system designed to spot dangerous water accumulation at the street level.
Led by Chen Pan, PhD, assistant professor of electrical engineering in the Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design, the team engineered a field-ready prototype that combines solar energy harvesting, multi-sensor environmental tracking, long-range wireless radios and on-device machine learning.
Reclaiming Europe's forgotten soil
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Stocking masks making a criminal comeback
Norwegian University of Science and TechnologySelf-driving lab speeds up materials development
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)The new Energy Materials Acceleration Platform (E-MAP) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) enables a systematic examination, evaluation, and targeted refining of thousands of material variants. It links automated experiments with precise material characterization, thus creating the foundation for the accelerated development of energy materials.
KRICT and SK Innovation team up on next-generation cooling materials for AI data centers
National Research Council of Science & TechnologyThe Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT; President SeokminShin) is joining forces with the SK Innovation Institute of Environmental Science & Technology (SKI; President Pilseok Kim) to develop next-generation cooling materials and technologies aimed at reducing the rapidly growing power consumption of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers.
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