Construction scientists and engineers are learning lessons in space that can be applied for better construction here on the home planet.

Robotics experts gathered at Texas A&M University for the 22nd International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots to share groundbreaking research on robots in our everyday world.

In 2024, associate professor Todd Pierson received a three-year, $380,238 grant from the National Science Foundation through a program called Building Research Capacity in Biology (BRC-BIO). The program broadens research participation by undergraduates at Carnegie-designated R2 institutions like KSU. Pierson’s current research derives from this grant, and he said it’s a year-round commitment, from the students in the field recently to a team research class he’ll teach this fall that will involve the classroom, the lab, and the field.

In a bold step toward transforming how nuclear infrastructure is built, the Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, or MDF, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in partnership with Kairos Power and Barnard Construction, has successfully developed and validated large-scale, 3D-printed polymer composite forms for casting complex, high-precision concrete structures that would be technically challenging and costly to produce using conventional methods. 

Biomedical engineer Ashutosh Agarwal is collaborating with researchers at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and the Miller School of Medicine to develop a device crucial to their effort to complete a whole human eye transplant.

Advancements in social media and communications technology has made underaged individuals increasingly vulnerable to online sexual exploitation. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) initiates a research project that seeks to incorporate the perspectives of children and adolescents in understanding the issue of online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC). This project has received funding support from the Research Grants Council (RGC) Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme (HSSPFS) 2025/26, with total grant of HK$503,000.

Using HLRS’s Hawk supercomputer, University of Stuttgart scientists have for the first time produced high-resolution simulation data characterizing the transition from low to high Reynolds numbers in turbulent boundary layers.

Norway is home to 212 different bee species. Or perhaps rather: the country used to have 212 species. Insect numbers are generally in decline, and some bees are either struggling or have already disappeared.

Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have demonstrated how nanotechnology can significantly improve biofuel production from microalgae. Their study, recently published in ACS Applied Bio Materials, focuses on Chlorella vulgaris, a fast-growing species commonly found in freshwater environments.

A new machine, the first of its kind in Europe, allows users to visualise what happens when tiny particles hit a surface three times faster than a bullet. This information will enable engineers to make better materials and coatings for aircraft parts, medical implants, and for simulating intergalactic collisions.