8-Jan-2025 Astronaut set to patch NASA's x-ray telescope aboard space station NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center NASA astronaut Nick Hague will install patches to the agency’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) X-ray telescope on the International Space Station as part of a spacewalk scheduled for Jan. 16. Hague, along with astronaut Suni Williams, will also complete other tasks during the outing.
8-Jan-2025 Building digital twins and hearts NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Imagine having a digital carbon copy of yourself that physicians could use to predict long-term risks for disease, assess how your body may respond to treatment, and simulate surgeries in advance. A virtual twin may sound as far-fetched as robotic surgery and self-driving cars once did, but researchers are studying how to turn this vision into a reality.
8-Jan-2025 NSF grants He $760,000 for improved microbial methanogenesis University of Tennessee at Knoxville A team of University of Tennessee researchers, led by the College of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Qiang He, teamed with a group from Temple University to secure an NSF grant to perfect his research into turning wastewater into methane. This could eventually allow treatment plants to power themselves, lessening their environmental impact.
8-Jan-2025 Meet the crystals that explode in light University of Cincinnati Chemistry students at the University of Cincinnati are exploring lab-grown crystals that do extraordinary things when exposed to light. They bend. They twist. They bounce. And sometimes they explode. Funder U.S. National Science Foundation
8-Jan-2025 Firefighters learn from INL experts about electric vehicle batteries, safety DOE/Idaho National Laboratory There’s a reason that electric vehicles (EV) in salvage yards are kept by themselves and spaced far apart. Their lithium-ion batteries can hold a lot of energy, and if one catches fire, it’s sometimes hard for firefighters to extinguish the blaze.
7-Jan-2025 How games might be the key to avoiding digital censorship University of Massachusetts Amherst Avoiding digital censorship can sometimes feel like a game of whack-a-mole, with the same success rate, especially when the opponent runs one of the world’s most sophisticated surveillance networks, such as China’s so-called Great Firewall. But what if out-maneuvering censors was played with a longer view and finer strategy, more like chess?
7-Jan-2025 Significantly shorter treatment regimens for tuberculosis in children and adults now recommended American Thoracic Society Tuberculosis remains a public health crisis. The World Health Organization’s Global Tuberculosis Report released in November 2024 painted a sobering picture; approximately 8.2 million people were newly diagnosed with TB in 2023, the highest number since the organization began global TB monitoring in 1995. A major challenge in tuberculosis treatment has been the long duration needed to effectively treat the disease. Journal American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
7-Jan-2025 From entrepreneurship education to fundraising Kobe University Kobe University is committed to supporting university-launched startups that create new businesses based on research results. The university’s long-term “KU VISION 2030” includes consistent support from entrepreneurship education to fundraising. A range of projects are now underway in fields that are Kobe University strengths, such as biotech manufacturing.
7-Jan-2025 Digital monitoring is no substitute for engaged management for remote work success University of California - San Diego A new study from the University of California San Diego and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology examines digital worker surveillance—specifically, the use of software to monitor remote workers’ activities—and tests how effective they are in improving worker performance.
7-Jan-2025 Identifying elements for carbon storage DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Led by interns from multiple DOE programs, a newly expanded dataset allows researchers to use easy-to-obtain measurements to determine the elemental composition of a promising carbon storage mineral. Journal ACS Earth and Space Chemistry Funder DOE/US Department of Energy
