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UVA Alumna and Engineering Foundation board member Anne Aunins elected to the National Academy of Engineering

University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science
Grant and Award Announcement

The National Academy of Engineering has elected Anne Aunins, a University of Virginia chemical engineering alumna and board member of the University of Virginia Engineering Foundation, to its Class of 2026. Election to the NAE is one of the profession’s most prestigious distinctions, honoring engineers whose innovations and leadership have had transformative impact on industry and society.

VLITE marks 11 years of listening to a changing radio sky

Naval Research Laboratory
Business Announcement

For 11 years, the VLA Low-band Ionosphere and Transient Experiment, known as VLITE, has quietly recorded the low-frequency radio sky every time the National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array (VLA) observes.

PSI Founder Fellowship for AI platform and solid-state batteries

Paul Scherrer Institute
Grant and Award Announcement

The Paul Scherrer Institute PSI is awarding PSI Founder Fellowships to Mohsen Sadr and Mohammadhossein Montazerian. The fellowships will support two business ideas based on PSI technologies: an AI-based platform for the development of fusion energy and aerospace technologies, and a novel technology for thin-film solid-state batteries for compact energy storage.

Light-based sensor detects early molecular signs of cancer in the blood

Optica
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new highly sensitive light-based sensor can detect extremely low concentrations of cancer biomarkers in the blood.

Journal: Optica

Microscopic laser can halve a computer’s energy use

Technical University of Denmark
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The invention of a nanolaser is the first step towards future digital communication, where communication on microchips can be based entirely on light particles.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: Danish National Research Foundation, European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, Villum Fonden Young Investigator Program

Recyclable ink for 3D printing

Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon recently introduced a fully recyclable ink for 3D printing that is made from the abundant industrial byproduct lignin. This ink, presented in a paper published in the Journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, could substitute fossil-based materials that are currently used to print various consumer goods, product prototypes and technological components. Its unique properties enable the printing of items with excellent resolution, shape stability at temperatures up to 200 °C, and their recycling via a rehydration process.

Journal: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Road salt creates more harm to freshwater life than expected, study finds

University of Missouri-Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Freshwater streams, ponds and lakes across the United States are becoming saltier, and new research from the University of Missouri shows the damage may be greater than scientists once thought. Scientists at Mizzou’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources found that road salt becomes much more deadly to freshwater snails when combined with the fear of natural predators in the water.

Journal: Oikos

Turning down the heat

University of Houston
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A University of Houston professor has taken on the global challenge of reducing the staggering amount of heat generated in artificial intelligence data centers.

Journal: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Identified aggressive prostate cancer with groundbreaking methods

Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

For the first time ever, researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have identified new characteristics of aggressive prostate cancer.

Journal: Nature Communications