Hiroshima University, in partnership with four Japanese institutions and five global collaborators, has launched the “Global Research Initiative on Wireless Terahertz (GROW-THz).” Backed by the JST ASPIRE program with ¥500 million in funding over five years, this project aims to advance next-generation ultra-high-speed wireless communication technologies, strengthen international research networks, and foster intellectual mobility, including the long-term overseas placement of doctoral students for up to one year.

Excavations at the Sant Gregori site in Burriana (Spain) have revealed that this maritime villa specialized in viticulture. The research team, coordinated by the Mediterranean Archaeology Partnership Programme at the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló (UJI), in collaboration with the Archaeological Museum of Burriana, has identified structures for wine production (cella vinaria) and agricultural plots dedicated to viticulture (fundus). Due to the significance of these findings, the Burriana City Council and the Archaeological Museum are working to include these areas in the site’s musealization and enhancement project.

Inspired by the diverse attachment organs of parasites, researchers have designed a millimeter-scale mechanism for soft tissue anchoring. ccording to the authors, the device could be used in a wide range of medical applications and could also be employed to affix sensors to marine organisms, or to manipulate, repair, or attach objects to textiles.  

From the RMS Titanic to the SS Endurance, shipwrecks offer valuable — yet swiftly deteriorating — windows into the past. Conservators slowly dry marine wooden artifacts to preserve them but doing so can inflict damage. To better care for delicate marine artifacts, researchers in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering developed a new hydrogel that quickly neutralizes harmful acids and stabilized waterlogged wood from an 800-year-old shipwreck.

Not one but two researchers at the University of Bonn and the University Hospital Bonn are to receive much-sought-after Consolidator Grants. Awarded by the European Research Council (ERC), they provide millions of euros in funding for outstanding research projects. Professor Philipp Vollmuth is developing an AI foundation model that is expected to set new benchmarks for the use of AI in radiology, while Privatdozent Dr. med. Michael Sommerauer—who recently swapped the University of Cologne for Bonn—is researching the early detection of Parkinson’s disease.