Vittorio Fortino has been appointed as Professor of Bioinformatics and Machine Learning at the University of Eastern Finland.

A 93-strong international expedition team has been exploring the northwestern Weddell Sea in the Antarctic on board the Alfred Wegener Institute's icebreaker Polarstern since 8 February 2026. In this key region for global ocean currents, the focus has been on the outflow of ice and water from the Larsen Ice Shelf and the astonishing sea ice retreat of recent years. When the research work had to be interrupted due to rough weather conditions in order to seek shelter in the lee of Joinville Island, the scientists and ship's crew were surprised by the sudden appearance of an island that had previously only been marked as a danger zone on the available nautical charts.

As organizations increasingly rely on algorithms to rank candidates for jobs, university spots, and financial services, hyperFA*IR offers a more principled approach when picking candidates based on a limited pool of applicants, especially if minorities are few. The new interactive visualization, ‘Ranks of Disparity,’ makes these complex dynamics visible.

Engineers and technicians at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) have completed a new set of restrooms a mile below the surface. This would otherwise be a simple install, but building anything this far underground includes some unique challenges—made easier with the utilization of local companies and contractors.

- Discussions on Joint Research in Key Future Energy Sectors, Including AI, Hydrogen, Secondary Batteries, Critical Minerals, and Carbon Capture Energy Technologies

- Direction of Korea-U.S. AI-Energy Technology Cooperation Discussed at Policy Workshop in Washington, D.C.

Adelaide University researchers are preparing to send living cancer cells into space aboard a suborbital rocket, in a pioneering experiment that could reveal new insights into how cancer develops and survives under extreme conditions.