19-Feb-2025 Germanium detectors help ORNL physicists unlock the mysteries of the universe DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory Relying on leading-edge germanium detectors developed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the scientific community pursues elusive nuclear processes to unlock persistent mysteries. Answers to questions they hope to resolve hold the potential to redefine the universe itself. Funder US Department of Energy Office of Science (Office of Nuclear Physics)
19-Feb-2025 What is quantum coherence? DOE/Argonne National Laboratory What is of quantum coherence and how it is used for quantum sensing and quantum computing applications?
19-Feb-2025 New Japanese guidelines to help neurotech developers worldwide Advanced Telecommunication Research Institute International Although many neurotech products – based on technologies that measure or alter the brain – are currently marketed to the general public, few regulations cover their development and commercialization. Researchers from Japan have now released an English-language guidebook for neurotech developers that aims to make these technologies safer and more effective. The publication provides step-by-step guidance from planning to testing to consumer support, and should be essential reading for neurotech developers worldwide. Funder Moonshot Research and Development Program
19-Feb-2025 Approach to combating bacterial rice diseases in East Africa Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf The “Healthy Crops” consortium, an international team of researchers, which includes Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), has – in collaboration with the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) – developed an innovative strategy to combat the disease Bacterial Blight (for short: BB) in rice using genome editing technology. If approved for use by farmers in Kenya, the BB-resistant rice varieties are expected to reduce yield losses associated with the disease in the affected rice growing regions and increase productivity. Funder Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
19-Feb-2025 19th-century press comes to life on Steam through VR experience built by RIT faculty and students Rochester Institute of Technology An interactive VR app built by RIT faculty and students brings to life a historical press that once belonged to William Morris and introduces new 3D digital design elements.
19-Feb-2025 University of Tennessee names 2025 Chancellor’s Innovation Award recipients University of Tennessee at Knoxville For the second year, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is supporting entrepreneurial research led by UT faculty with Chancellor’s Innovation Fund awards of $50,000 for each project.
19-Feb-2025 How to help your children learn to try, and try again Mayo Clinic Life isn’t a string of continual successes; it’s a string of attempts at success. Think of your child’s first steps. Many of those initial efforts to walk likely ended in a tumble. But that didn’t stop them from getting up again. Soon enough, your child was walking and eventually running. That’s how growth works. In this expert alert, Angela Mattke, M.D., a pediatrician at Mayo Clinic Children’s Center, offers tips for helping your child learn to try, and try again.
19-Feb-2025 New USC graduate program to train tomorrow’s energy technology leaders University of Southern California The new MS in Energy Engineering at USC, which commenced in Spring 2025, draws in world-leading expertise in engineering, materials and processes to address the cutting-edge developments in energy production, conversion and storage in the ongoing efforts to deliver focused engineering training to the next generation of energy leaders.
19-Feb-2025 NPS develops AI solution to automate drone defense with high energy lasers Naval Postgraduate School Lasers enable the U.S. Navy to fight at the speed of light. Armed with artificial intelligence (AI), ship defensive laser systems can make rapid, accurate targeting assessments necessary for today’s complex and fast-paced operating environment where drones have become an increasing threat.
18-Feb-2025 Nuclear fusion: WEST beats the world record for plasma duration! DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory On 12 February, the CEA’s WEST machine was able to maintain a plasma for more than 22 minutes. In doing so, it smashed the previous record for plasma duration achieved with a tokamak. This leap forward demonstrates how our knowledge of plasmas and technological control of them over longer periods is becoming more mature, and offers hope that fusion plasmas can be stabilised for greater amounts of time in machines such as ITER.
