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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 7-Oct-2025 11:11 ET (7-Oct-2025 15:11 GMT/UTC)
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals rank among nation’s best for 2025-2026
University of California - San FranciscoA beginner’s question led to breakthrough
Kobe UniversityEvery year as the announcement of the Nobel Prize approaches, expectations for potential candidates rise. SAGAWA Masato, the inventor of the world’s strongest permanent magnet, the neodymium magnet, has been often mentioned. His invention is used in a wide range of products, including smartphones, air conditioners and electric vehicles, and is considered a key breakthrough for today’s IT society. How did the idea come about? What drove his research? In January 2025, we talked with Sagawa on the occasion of a lecture at his alma mater, Kobe University.
From lab to lunch
Kansas State UniversityRice’s Wittung-Stafshede discusses role with Nobel Committee for Chemistry
Rice UniversityInfectious pursuit
Georgia State UniversityLehigh University launches graduate degree in Aerospace and Space Systems Engineering led by astronaut-turned-professor
Lehigh UniversityQuantum computing competence center Baden-Württemberg hones its focus
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State PhysicsHarnessing quantum computing for industry: The Competence Center Quantum Computing Baden-Württemberg (KQCBW) is continuing to pursue this goal in its third funding phase, five years after its founding in 2020. Building on a preparatory transfer project, expertise is being further expanded under the leadership of the Fraunhofer IAF and IAO institutes.
Breast cancer facts that could save your life
University of Texas at ArlingtonOctober is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to spotlight a disease that will affect hundreds of thousands of Americans this year. In the U.S., a new case of breast cancer is diagnosed about every two minutes, with more than 317,000 women and 2,800 men expected to receive the diagnosis in 2025, according to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
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Q and A with breast cancer expert Carmen Calfa
University of Miami Miller School of MedicineA breast oncologist and researcher, Carmen Calfa, M.D., is driven not only to solve clinical problems and improve treatments, but also to advocate for the emotional needs of her patients and their families. In her interrelated roles at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Dr. Calfa supports everyone from “previvors” — people with a high risk of developing cancer because of genetic mutations — to people who are decades into survivorship.