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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 21-Dec-2025 02:11 ET (21-Dec-2025 07:11 GMT/UTC)

30-Jun-2025

Rare achievement: UTA undergrad publishes research

University of Texas at Arlington
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Caroline King didn’t expect to get involved in research when she arrived at The University of Texas at Arlington. But after joining the Honors College and taking a job with the Center for Rural Health and Nursing, she found herself diving into a literature review on midwifery in rural Texas.

Two and a half years later, King is a published author in the Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care. While publication is a milestone for any academic, it’s a rare achievement for an undergraduate.

30-Jun-2025

University of Oregon to create national children’s mental health center with $11 million federal grant

University of Oregon
Grant and Award Announcement

With a new $11 million federal grant, the University of Oregon will create a national center for children’s mental health, putting the university at the forefront of national prevention efforts to improve the mental health and well-being of adolescents.

Funder: NIH/National Institute of Mental Health

30-Jun-2025

Aging-related inflammation is not universal across human populations, new study finds

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Inflammation, long considered a hallmark of aging, may not be a universal human experience, according to a new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The research suggests that "inflammaging"—chronic, low-grade inflammation associated with aging—appears to be a byproduct of industrialized lifestyles and varies significantly across global populations.

Journal: Nature Aging
Funder: French National Research Agency

30-Jun-2025

NYUAD researchers find link between brain growth and mental health disorders

New York University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi has uncovered a key mechanism that helps shape how our brains are wired, and what can happen when that process is disrupted.

Journal: Cell Reports

30-Jun-2025

Groundbreaking cancer therapy clinical trial with US Department of Energy’s accelerator-produced actinium-225 set to begin this summer

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Isotope Program, within the Office of Science, will supply a U.S. based company with accelerator produced actinium-225 (Ac-225) in support of an upcoming U.S. clinical trial for cancer therapy for the first time. This is a significant milestone in the advancement of radiopharmaceutical development and cancer therapy because it opens a potential new pipeline for this lifesaving isotope.

30-Jun-2025

Smart farm-grown plant unlocks hair health benefits... Korea Food Research Institute succeeds in functional food ingredient development

National Research Council of Science & Technology

The Korea Food Research Institute (KFRI) has successfully developed a functional ingredient derived from a smart farm-grown plant, drawing attention from both scientific and industrial circles.

Journal: Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
Funder: Ministry of Science and ICT

30-Jun-2025

How the brain supports social processing as people age

Society for Neuroscience
Peer-Reviewed Publication

With age comes cognitive decline, but a neural pathway for mental health and emotional resilience may adapt over time to help process faces that are difficult to read.

Journal: JNeurosci
Funder: Kavli Foundation and Research Council of Norway