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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 4-Mar-2026 16:15 ET (4-Mar-2026 21:15 GMT/UTC)
At the Bedside: First baby to receive novel spina bifida surgery at UTHealth Houston thriving 6 months after treatment
University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonThe forest is our pantry: Alaska national forests support abundant wild foods
USDA Forest Service - Pacific Northwest Research Station- Journal
- Ecology
Power outages cost US electricity customers billions
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryResearchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have provided the first comprehensive analysis of the specific costs of power outages to local customers across the nation. It found that the average yearly cost of major outages topped $67 billion over the past seven years.
The total annual burden on customers rose sharply over that time, with the price tag of major outages climbing to $121 billion in 2024. These power disruptions pose serious risks to public health and safety and drain billions of dollars from the U.S. economy.
ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group announces the retirement of Robert Gray after 25 years as group statistician
ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research GroupThese nurses’ research could help save you or your child’s life
University of California - San FranciscoAs a critical care transport nurse, Charles Hood, RN, CFRN, has rushed hundreds of newborns, children, and teenagers to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals in San Francisco and Oakland for life-saving treatment.
He instinctively knows where to find the necessary catheters, medication, and machinery in the cramped aircraft cabin of Bear Force One — UCSF’s Benioff Hospitals’ emergency transport helicopter. When seconds are crucial, he calmly administers complex treatments despite occasional turbulence and monitors his patient’s vital signs as if in a hospital critical care unit. Except his working space is one-tenth the size.
KRICT launches equipment training for Uzbek chemical researchers
National Research Council of Science & TechnologyKorea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT, President Young-Kuk Lee) announced that it has officially launched a research equipment training program for Uzbekistan researchers under a grant aid project supported by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). The opening ceremony was held on February 23 at KRICT’s Didimdol Plaza, marking the start of the full-scale capacity-building program.
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- Ministry of Science and ICT
Lenovo licenses fast, private image-generation model developed through Surrey collaboration
University of SurreyLight in the forest
University of Texas at Austin- Journal
- Journal of Ecology
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- U.S. National Science Foundation