AI-embodied surgical robots can revolutionize surgery—if regulatory questions addressed
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A new United Nations University study of 138 countries finds that unsafe drinking water is less a technical failure than a reflection of inequality. The report shows that water safety strongly correlates with national wealth and gender equality, leaving nearly 2 billion people in the Global South exposed to health risks. Researchers call for moving beyond infrastructure-only solutions toward inclusive, equity-centred water governance.
A new study from the University of Copenhagen explores how dog owners’ ethical views on animals are reflected in the training methods they use. The findings may give dog owners new insight into why they choose certain training approaches over others.
A new study led by researchers from Penn Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) finds that safer nurse staffing levels in Pennsylvania hospitals could prevent thousands of deaths each year while improving care and providing savings that could finance better staffing.
The agreement enables collaborative research on the country’s most urgent national security and energy priorities, from water security, critical minerals and advanced manufacturing to AI-driven science and high-performance computing. University of Utah President Taylor Randall and NLR Director Jud Virden signed the MOU on May 4 at the NLR facility in Golden, Colorado. The following day, DOE’s Assistant Secretary for Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation Audrey Robertson celebrated the agreement during the laboratory’s annual partner forum, a flagship gathering of energy leaders focused on critical minerals.