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28-Jul-2026

American Society for Nutrition announces locations for NUTRITION 2027 and NUTRITION 2028

American Society for Nutrition
Meeting Announcement

The American Society for Nutrition (ASN) today announced that NUTRITION 2027, its flagship annual meeting, will be held July 26-29, 2027, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Society also announced that NUTRITION 2028 will take place in Boston, June 10-13, 2028, as part of ASN's centennial celebration.

Meeting: NUTRITION 2026

28-Jul-2026

How rewarding better consumer choices could advance next-gen queueing platforms

Ohio State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Improving how crowdsourced information is shared across mobile platforms by incorporating a user penalty-and-reward system could curb long lines caused by inefficient human queuing behavior, a new study suggests.

Journal: IEEE Transactions on Networking

28-Jul-2026

Thousands of America's historic landmarks face significant wildfire risk

University of California - Santa Barbara
Peer-Reviewed Publication

When the Palisades Fire tore through Los Angeles in January 2025, it didn't only destroy homes. It took the Will Rogers Ranch House — a beloved California landmark — with it. Six months later, the Dragon Bravo wildfire burned through Grand Canyon National Park and destroyed the Grand Canyon Lodge, originally built in 1927. Whether either landmark will ever be meaningfully restored remains uncertain.

Journal: Nature

28-Jul-2026

Wang to receive NSF CAREER Award

George Mason University
Grant and Award Announcement

Xuan Wang, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing (CEC), will receive funding for the project: “CAREER: A Dynamical Systems Approach to Reliable and Efficient Knowledge Transfer in Robot Learning.”

28-Jul-2026

University of Tennessee and Eastman extend research partnership through 2032

University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Business Announcement

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has signed a new six-year master research agreement with Eastman. The new agreement will deepen a decade-long collaboration and accelerate the development of innovative technologies in multiple fields. Under the agreement, Eastman will invest at least $3 million over the next six years to support sponsored research, service agreements and a range of university-industry initiatives.

28-Jul-2026

Seeing plant tissues in a new light

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) and the Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, have developed and tested a new class of fluorescent probes that enable scientists to visualise xylem, the specialised tissue responsible for transporting water and minerals through plants. The work, published in Plant and Cell Physiology, introduces a faster, more specific and sensitive staining method than conventional dyes, creating avenues to strengthen research on plant development, vascular biology, and crop resilience.

Journal: Plant and Cell Physiology

28-Jul-2026

AI tool helps predict bowel cancer relapse risk

La Trobe University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed by La Trobe University researchers could help predict which stage-two bowel cancer patients are at risk of relapse, in an advance that could ultimately lead to thousands getting life-saving treatment earlier.

Journal: Gastroenterology

28-Jul-2026

Beyond human intuition: Algorithms create foundry-ready photonic circuits

Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Photonic microchips can process data at extremely high speeds and are embedded in a wide variety of today’s technologies. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) and Harvard University have now succeeded in developing three functional components for such chips that are up to 500 times smaller than conventional designs. The researchers used inverse design, a computer algorithm, to achieve this. The results were recently published in Nature Communications.

Journal: Nature Communications

28-Jul-2026

A new way to examine the cornea. Nine points at once

Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the International Centre for Translational Eye Research (ICTER) have developed a prototype imaging system that can simultaneously track the cornea's mechanical response at nine locations. The technology marks an important step toward more accurate, non-contact assessment of corneal biomechanics and could improve early detection and monitoring of disorders such as keratoconus.

Journal: Biomedical Optics Express