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Scientists explore nature’s bacterial killers

University of Otago

For over a century, scientists have been fascinated by bacteriophages, the tiny viruses that naturally hunt and kill bacteria. University of Otago researchers are turning to these microscopic assassins as a potentially powerful tool to fight bacterial diseases.

How a bacteria-busting spray could help solve a meaty problem

University of Otago

University of Otago scientists are harnessing the power of peptides – the body's own tiny protein molecules – for a spray to help the red meat industry solve headaches around bacterial contamination and spoilage.

Tracking health across a lifetime: Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 launches new follow-up as participants turn 60

University of Oulu, Finland

One of the world’s most extensive birth cohorts is now entering later adulthood. At the University of Oulu in Finland, the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 (NFBC1966) is launching a major new follow-up combining decades of biological, social, and environmental data with modern digital health tools to examine how lifelong exposures and the genome shape health and ageing.

SingLive celebrates 35 years of pioneering heart care with new technologies and Asia firsts

From new calcium‑breaking technologies to advanced minimally invasive procedures, the conference accelerates innovations that improve outcomes for heart patients region‑wide.

Scaling up computing education in a time of AI

University of Texas at Austin

TACC is helping students master leading technologies such as AI through a series of academic courses aimed at thriving in a changing computational landscape. TACC's Joe Stubbs lectures on intelligent systems, Fall 2025.

AI@HHMI: Accelerating the development of new biological sensors

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

HHMI Janelia Research Campus Group Leaders Alison Tebo and Srinivas Turaga are creating new AI models to optimize the development of sensors used to track biological processes happening inside cells in real time – key tools used to understand how the body and brain work.

Beyond the breakthrough: developing new ways to target hard-to-treat cancers

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

HHMI Investigator Kevan Shokat and his lab are charting new therapies to outmaneuver drug resistance and better target common cancer cell mutations.

IU researcher identifies biomarkers that could improve early detection of pancreatic cancer

Indiana University

Jianjun Zhang has identified a set of novel biomarkers that could significantly improve early detection of pancreatic cancer, a disease with a five-year survival rate of just 13%, the lowest among major cancers.

Journal: Clinical Cancer Research

New 3D printing extrusion system redefines limits

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have unveiled a new additive manufacturing technology that uses an innovative nozzle to multiplex, or combine, multiple smaller extruders into one stream to achieve the same high output of a single large extruder.

Look inside the world of veterinary ophthalmology

Tufts University

If you were to listen to a day in the life of a veterinary ophthalmologist, you’d likely hear words and phrases you’ve never heard before.

“A tubing system will be placed under your horse’s eyelid to treat the fungal infection in the cornea.”

“We need a better look at your dog’s fundus.”

“Practice suturing a corneal laceration on this pig eye.”

“Let’s make sure there’s appropriate husbandry at home for this chameleon with scales stuck on its eye.”

But for veterinarians who specialize in caring for animals’ eyes, it’s just business as usual.

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