Sealed with a kiss... The healing power of mistletoe is being explored by University of Essex researchers to see if it can be used as a high-quality surgical glue. 

The IBM Power System AC922 Summit supercomputer at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility was scheduled to be retired in 2023, but program managers had other ideas. A new DOE Office of Science-backed allocation program called SummitPLUS extended Summit's services for another year. What did we learn during Summit’s bonus year of scientific discovery? Here are five sample projects with impactful results.

Dave Grabaskas, Paul Romano, Ben Lindley and April Novak are recognized by American Nuclear Society on Nuclear News’ highly selective list of rising stars in nuclear research

Early forms of recycling shredded old wool and spun it with new wool to form a fabric. Nearly two centuries later, textile recycling still follows a similar process. But today’s textiles are blends of different materials, from synthetics to natural materials. Additionally, garments are dyed or include hardware such as buttons or rivet closures. When clothing is sent to a textile recycler, the consumer might assume their item will be repurposed, however without knowing what a shirt or pair of socks is made of, the textile recycler is at a loss. This gap is where Brian Iezzi, founder of Fibarcode, sees opportunity. 

When building a one-of-a-kind particle collider filled with groundbreaking technologies, it's extremely helpful to have a place to test things out. Thankfully that's the case for the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, where physicists are using the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) to test key accelerator strategies for a new state-of-the-art Electron-Ion Collider (EIC).

Sociologist Dr Sebastian Sattler talks about the spread and social impact of neuro-enhancement in an interview with research_tv, a series from Bielefeld University. Neuro-enhancement refers to methods designed to make the brain more efficient. Sattler is leading the largest representative study to date on the spread and causes of neuro-enhancement in Germany. He is also part of the management team of an upcoming conference on interdisciplinary perspectives on neuroenhancement at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) at Bielefeld University.

A prediction market was more accurate in forecasting the 2024 presidential election than traditional polls and pundits.

Prediction markets, also known as betting markets, are where contracts that are contingent on the occurrence of events in the future can be traded.

The potential displayed by that success in forecasting the election, along with an administration friendlier to cryptocurrencies, could lead to greater adoption for them, a University of Cincinnati economist said.

Michael Jones, PhD, a Carl H. Lindner College of Business assistant professor of economics and director of the Cryptoeconomics Lab at UC Digital Futures, said the success of a blockchain-based prediction market, Polymarket, in predicting the outcome of the election showed that cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies have more potential than just investments.

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The Rocco Ortenzio Neuroimaging Center at Kessler Foundation upgraded its Siemens 3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner to the latest state-of-the-art hardware and software, which incorporates the most advanced imaging technology available.These improvements will accelerate discoveries in the Center’s rehabilitation research focused on traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury (SCI), stroke, and other neurological conditions.