Meetings

NCCN brought together more than a thousand oncology professionals at the NCCN 2026 Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, with hundreds more joining virtually. This year’s event featured educational sessions on the latest breakthroughs in cancer prevention and treatment, clinical guidelines updates, guidance for improving cancer center operations, plus panel discussions on critical issues in care delivery.

More than seventy years after Alan Turing posed the question of whether machines could think, advances in artificial intelligence have shifted the focus from imitation to collaboration. As AI increasingly undertakes complex academic tasks through multi-agent collaboration, a new question emerges: beyond the Turing Test, how should the human role in research be redefined?

The “Action for Earth” Summit, one of the flagship events of Hong Kong Climate Week 2026, is being held today at Rayson Huang Theatre, The University of Hong Kong. The Summit brought together representatives from the United Nations, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Hong Kong SAR Government, the business sector, and leading international academic institutions to examine policy pathways, frontier research and actionable strategies for climate adaptation—reflecting the growing international consensus to shift the focus from “mitigation” to proactive “adaptation”.

Initiated and hosted by the University of Hong Kong (HKU)’s Institute for Climate and Carbon Neutrality (ICCN), Hong Kong Climate Week 2026 marks its opening today under the theme “From Mitigation to Adaptation — Bridging Global Consensus and Local Implementation.” The week-long event aims to harness Hong Kong’s unique strengths as an international financial centre and a global connectivity hub to accelerate a just, inclusive and resilient net-zero transition. It also underscores Hong Kong’s role as a “two-way bridge,” connecting the Chinese Mainland with the world, advancing the deployment of climate technology, and channelling green finance.

The HKU Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science (HKU IDS) at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) will host the Hong Kong Global AI Governance Conference 2026 on 10–11 April at the Rayson Huang Theatre. The Conference will bring together scholars, policymakers, and industry leaders from around the world to discuss emerging issues in artificial intelligence governance.

After decades of progress, longevity science may be facing a paradox: more knowledge, but limited impact. Some researchers now suggest the field may have failed not because of insufficient data, but because of flawed strategy.

First female Mount Sinai cardiologist to hold this prestigious position

When donning an augmented or mixed reality headset, typing via air gestures can be tiring. To remedy this, researchers at Tohoku University developed an approach that turns everyday surfaces into keyboards.

NYU Langone Heart cardiologists present new research at ACC.2026, highlighting advances in early risk detection, diagnosis, and personalized cardiovascular care.

Study led by Mount Sinai researcher can help clinicians find optimal therapies for blood pressure elevation from cortisol

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) announces that Stem Cell Reports, its official open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by Cell Press, has been named the official conference journal for the upcoming meeting, Latest Advances in Stem Cell-Based Disease Modelling and Drug Screening, taking place 23-24 April, 2026, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

This designation underscores Stem Cell Reports as a leading platform for the dissemination of high-impact research spanning basic discovery through clinical translation in stem cell science. As the official journal of the ISSCR, Stem Cell Reports is committed to advancing scientific rigor, transparency, and innovation across the field.