Cornell researchers, in partnership with the technology company NVIDIA, have developed a method for creating digital images of cloth that more accurately captures the texture, sheen and translucence of textiles. 

Scientists built a robot to help explain how a tropical bat spots insects perched on leaves using echolocation, a highly sophisticated behavior that requires precise, split-second decision-making on the part of the hunting bat. In a study published today in the Journal of Experimental Biology, a bat researcher at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute teamed up with two robotics engineers from the University of Cincinnati and the University of Antwerp, respectively, to provide the first plausible explanation for how the common big-eared bat (Micronycteris microtis) can efficiently determine whether a leaf is occupied by a silent insect amidst the dense, cluttered understory of the tropical rainforest using only sound.

Korea University's Institute for Environmental Health (Director Choi Jae-wook) invited faculty members from Karakalpakstan Medical Institute in Uzbekistan from August 24nd (Sun) to 31st (Sun) to complete a training to strengthen their competence in the field of environmental health.

Heat stress limits the performance of biofertilizer microbes in hot climates. Researchers at QST combined adaptive laboratory evolution with repeated, precisely dosed gamma irradiation to rapidly generate Bradyrhizobium strains that thrive at higher temperatures, suggesting a faster, non‑transgenic route to robust industrial microorganisms with broad sustainability benefits for agriculture, biomanufacturing, and renewable fuels.

Earth’s slow axial wobbles—known as precession cycles—do not just shape long-term climate trends. A new study led by researchers from China, Belgium, and Austria shows that these orbital motions can also spark climate swings on thousand-year timescales, even in ancient ice-free greenhouse worlds. The findings suggest that rapid climate variability may be an intrinsic feature of Earth’s climate system and could recur under future warming. 

Vision-based structural health monitoring methods offer non-contact, full-field vibration measurement, reducing costs by eliminating the need for physical sensors or surface modifications. However, conventional methods rely on pixel-level data, which is noise-sensitive and exhibits instability. Now, researchers have developed a new virtual sensor framework, where superpixels, instead of pixels, are used as virtual sensors for vibration measurements. This method enhances robustness and accuracy, even in complex environments, without physical markers or contact sensors.