12-Feb-2025 At the cutting edge – Rutgers surgeons perform first robotic breast reconstruction in New Jersey Rutgers University The first robotic-assisted breast reconstructions in New Jersey demonstrate the potential for technology to improve patient outcomes in many operations.
12-Feb-2025 Blockchain technology could empower patient-centric health care data management Indiana University A researcher in the IU Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering in Indianapolis is leading efforts to develop blockchain technology to assist in the protection of personal health data and the management of clinical trials.
12-Feb-2025 Liu’s “IoTree” sensor is the next step in smart agriculture University of Tennessee at Knoxville UT's Jian Liu received a $300,000 grant to develop IoTree, a low-cost, battery-free plant monitoring system. This system uses sensors to track plant health indicators and wirelessly transmit data. The project aims to create durable, scalable sensors that provide reliable long-term readings, benefiting agriculture, horticulture, and forestry.
12-Feb-2025 What Trump’s climate policies mean for Canada—and what we can do next University of British Columbia Climate policy experts from the University of British Columbia weigh in on the shift in global climate action and how one can stay engaged without feeling overwhelmed.
11-Feb-2025 Does expressing love make us feel more love? Penn State Love falls into one of two dimensions: feeling or experiencing love from someone else and extending or expressing love towards another person. Now, researchers are beginning to understand the nature of how giving love reinforces feeling love. Zita Oravecz, associate professor of human development and family studies and faculty co-hire in the Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, discusses how expressing and feeling love can be practiced, how love experiences show up every day and how to cultivate more love in the world.
11-Feb-2025 On Darwin Day: The largest collection of caricatures of Charles Darwin and evolution in history unveiled National University of Singapore On Darwin Day, 12 February 2025, the Darwin Online project at the National University of Singapore (NUS) launches the largest collection of caricatures of Charles Darwin and evolution in history.
11-Feb-2025 How advanced drug discovery tech is fast-tracking new treatments in Australia Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Five years since it launched, advances powered by the National Drug Discovery Centre are helping transform medical research in Australia and fast-tracking development of new home-grown treatments.
11-Feb-2025 Shedding light on sex differences in human disease Linköping University Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden made an unexpected discovery while investigating genetically unique women. Their insights advance our understanding of our most enigmatic chromosome, the X chromosome. Journal Nature Communications Funder Swedish Research Council, Swedish Cancer Foundation, Joanna Cocozza Foundation
11-Feb-2025 New implant may help patients regenerate their own heart valves Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Tech researchers have developed a groundbreaking 3D-printed, bioresorbable heart valve that promotes tissue regeneration, potentially eliminating the need for repeated surgeries and offering a transformative solution for both adult and pediatric heart patients. Funder NIH/National Institutes of Health
10-Feb-2025 Post COP: How do we work with world’s smallholder farmers to fight the challenges of climate change? CABI The impact of climate change is growing by the minute and urgent action is needed to put knowledge into the hands of the world’s smallholder farmers so they can improve their livelihoods and achieve sustainable food security despite this challenge, writes Dr Dennis Rangi, CABI’s Director General – Development.
