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3-Feb-2026

MIT research shows new tissue models could help researchers develop drugs for liver disease

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

MIT engineers designed a type of tissue model that more accurately mimics the architecture of the liver, including blood vessels and immune cells, and could help researchers develop drugs for liver disease.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, NovoNordisk, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, Siebel Scholars Foundation

3-Feb-2026

University of Cincinnati Cancer Center tests treatment using ‘glioblastoma-on-a-chip’ and wafer technology

University of Cincinnati
Grant and Award Announcement

A multidisciplinary team of University of Cincinnati Cancer Center researchers has received a $40,000 Ride Cincinnati grant to study the use of a delayed release preparation or wafer of an immunostimulatory molecule known as IL-15 to stimulate the central nervous system immune system after surgery to remove glioblastoma brain tumors.

Funder: Ride Cincinnati Foundation

3-Feb-2026

Porto Summit drives critical cooperation on submarine cable resilience

International Telecommunication Union
Reports and Proceedings

Governments, industry representatives and international organizations representing over 70 countries at the International Submarine Cable Resilience Summit 2026 reaffirmed today the need to strengthen support for the subsea cables at the heart of global digital communications.

3-Feb-2026

Genes from corn's wild ancestor change soil microbial community, improve sustainability

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Corn bred with genes from wild relatives can reshape soil microbial communities and reduce nitrogen loss — with no yield reduction — according to new research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

3-Feb-2026

Programmable Lego-like material emulates life’s flexibility

Duke University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Mechanical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a proof-of-concept method for programming mechanical properties into solid Lego-like building blocks. By controlling the solidity of hundreds of individual cells in specific patterns, the approach could allow futuristic robotics to alter their mechanical properties and functionalities on the fly.

Journal: Science Advances

3-Feb-2026

No fences needed: GPS collars show ‘virtual fencing’ is next frontier of livestock grazing

University of Missouri-Columbia
Grant and Award Announcement

For generations, farmers have spent backbreaking hours tearing down and rebuilding fences just to move livestock to fresh grazing fields. Now, thanks to a groundbreaking project at the University of Missouri’s Center for Regenerative Agriculture, that chore is becoming a thing of the past.

Funder: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

3-Feb-2026

Pensoft and ARPHA integrate Prophy to speed up reviewer discovery across 90+ scholarly journals

Pensoft Publishers
Business Announcement

Pensoft and ARPHA have integrated Prophy’s AI-driven discovery system to provide editors with a broader and more diverse pool of qualified peer reviewers based on automated semantic analysis.