Tea, made from the Camellia sinensis plant, is one of the most widely consumed beverages in China and globally. Beyond its cultural significance, tea is rich in bioactive compounds such as polyphenols, polysaccharides, caffeine, and especially epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a potent antioxidant linked to numerous health benefits.

One of the world’s most unique and important texts—the General e grand estoria will soon be translated, analyzed and made widely available, thanks to a global endeavour led by a UBC Okanagan researcher.

Dr. Francisco Peña, Professor in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, is leading a team of international scholars in the collaborative effort to translate and digitally preserve the General estoria (GE)—the largest universal history written in Medieval Europe.

Findings from the Melanoma Group at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) led to the creation of the Spanish company Highlight Therapeutics, which has developed the compound BO-112.

BO-112 is the first cancer drug candidate based on CNIO research to reach studies in patients, where it has shown activity against different cancer types.

Highlight Therapeutics and CNIO are collaborating to proof BO-112 effectiveness against the most common form of skin cancer, which is linked to sun exposure and is on the rise.

It is a private-public collaboration project, which has received almost three million in funding from the Spanish Ministry of for Science, Innovation and Universities.

CNIO researcher Marisol Soengas says, “it’s a thrill for us to contribute to the testing of BO-112 in basal cell carcinoma, one of the most common types of cancer, is exciting.”

FORSAID has published four practice abstracts on the EU CAP Network’s EIP-AGRI platform, highlighting advancements in forest pest monitoring and management across Europe. The project introduces tools like drone-based surveillance with advanced sensors to detect early signs of pest damage and deep learning models to process remote sensing data efficiently, enabling large-scale forest health assessments. A strong multi-actor approach ensures meaningful involvement of stakeholders—ranging from policymakers to forest managers—to co-develop practical, ethical and scalable solutions. Bringing together 17 partners from 10 countries, FORSAID targets nine high-risk pest species with integrated technologies, ultimately aiming to enhance ecosystem resilience, protect biodiversity and improve forest management practices throughout Europe.

 The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (President Seog-Hyeon Ryu, hereinafter KIMM), under the National Research Council of Science and Technology (Chairperson Yeung-Shik Kim), has developed a Hydrogen-fueled Combined Heat and Power (CHP) System that integrates hydrogen fuel cells, solar thermal collectors, heat pumps, and adsorption chillers. The system has been successfully deployed in a 660-square-meter smart greenhouse.

How do you develop an AI system that perfectly mimics the way humans speak? Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have taken a significant step forward to achieve this. They have created J-Moshi, the first publicly available AI system specifically designed for Japanese conversational patterns.  

J-Moshi captures the natural flow of Japanese conversation, which often has short verbal responses known as "aizuchi" that Japanese speakers use during conversation to show they are actively listening and engaged. Responses such as “Sou desu ne” (that’s right) and “Naruhodo” (I see) are used more often than similar responses in English.  

Traditional AI has difficulty using aizuchi because it cannot speak and listen at the same time. This capability is especially important for natural-sounding Japanese AI dialogue. Consequently, J-Moshi has become very popular with Japanese speakers who recognize and appreciate its natural conversation patterns.  

Permanent bunkers and high-security facilities are standard tools for protecting the nation’s most sensitive assets. But in many environments, these options are not available where secure storage is needed most. To meet that challenge, a team at Sandia National Laboratories has developed a mobile, high-security vault that can be rapidly deployed to safeguard critical materials in remote or temporary locations.

Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), in collaboration with Wavice, has developed GaN-based MMICs for transmit/receive operations used in military and SAR radars for the first time in Korea using fab-based technology.