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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 21-Jan-2026 16:11 ET (21-Jan-2026 21:11 GMT/UTC)
Look inside the world of veterinary ophthalmology
Tufts UniversityIf you were to listen to a day in the life of a veterinary ophthalmologist, you’d likely hear words and phrases you’ve never heard before.
“A tubing system will be placed under your horse’s eyelid to treat the fungal infection in the cornea.”
“We need a better look at your dog’s fundus.”
“Practice suturing a corneal laceration on this pig eye.”
“Let’s make sure there’s appropriate husbandry at home for this chameleon with scales stuck on its eye.”
But for veterinarians who specialize in caring for animals’ eyes, it’s just business as usual.
The CETUP* impact: Summer physics workshop at Sanford Underground Research Facility continues to spur scientific advancement
South Dakota Science and Technology AuthorityOver the years, CETUP* workshop, held over four weeks during the summer in the Black Hills of South Dakota at SURF, has produced more than 209 publications and become a hallmark of scientific exchange, contributing to major experiments at SURF.
JMIR Publications’ Journal of Participatory Medicine invites submissions on participatory artificial intelligence for health
JMIR PublicationsBridges, classrooms, and voices: New stories of education across Africa
ECNU Review of EducationAcross Africa, education reform is shaped as much by global partnerships as by classroom realities. Drawing on studies of China–Africa cooperation, teacher development, university collaboration, and student leadership, this feature explores how policy ambitions are translated into practice. Together, these perspectives frame education as a human process, where confidence, voice, and locally rooted institutions determine whether international initiatives deliver lasting, equitable change across diverse African contexts.
Shedding light on the intangible spaces of the state
Kobe UniversityResearchers reinventing household water and sanitation one modular system at a time
Rice UniversityTiny RNA molecules in sperm, big impact on baby health
University of California - Santa Cruz
The latest study from the Sharma Lab at UC Santa Cruz makes the mechanisms of how epigenetic information is established in sperm cells, and how that encoding affects offspring health, a little less of a scientific mystery.
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VO2 max: what the gold standard metric for fitness means for longevity
University of Colorado School of MedicineMaking the nation safer with Sandia’s help
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesWhen a swat team trains multiple times a week, running repeated live-fire drills, the noise can be intense. Even with premium hearing protection, the sound and pressure can damage hearing over time, contributing to traumatic brain injuries for officers and disorienting civilians nearby. If only there were a way to curb that danger.
Those kinds of problems are exactly what the New Mexico Small Business Assistance program has helped tackle for 25 years with support from Sandia National Laboratories and, since 2007, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The program, created in the year 2000 helps small businesses solve critical challenges by providing technical assistance and expertise that they don’t have access to anywhere else, at no cost to them.
This year, two of the businesses Sandia helped aim to make the nation safer with their products: Ridgeline Engineering and Manufacturing, which is working to reduce hearing damage from firearms, and Aperi Computational Mechanics Consulting, which is making critical engineering simulations faster and more affordable.