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New semiconductor building blocks make power converters smaller, more affordable

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory incorporated gallium nitride semiconductors to create a high-efficiency power converter that is more compact, affordable and efficient.

UMass Amherst food scientists invent fast, reliable technology for bacteria detection

University of Massachusetts Amherst

A smartphone-based technology to detect bacteria contamination, developed by food scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, sets a new benchmark in efforts to quickly and reliably understand how clean a surface is in places such as food processing plants, hospitals, gyms and other public environments.

PLOS One marks 20 years of advancing rigorous, multidisciplinary open science

PLOS One, the multidisciplinary open access journal published by PLOS, is marking 20 years of publishing research grounded in scientific rigor, transparency, and ethical practice. Since its launch in 2006, PLOS One has provided a platform for research to be shared, examined, and built on, across disciplines and around the world.

Aggies in the Artemis era

Texas A&M University

As the world looked to the sky, a massive team coordinated to ensure a successful mission — including several Texas A&M University graduates turned NASA engineers. Three of these Aggies supported Artemis II with their skills and dedication, from tracking the Orion capsule during reentry to expertly designing spacesuits that protected the crew.

Korea University and Harbin Institute of Technology unlock new pathways in circular waste-to-energy solutions

Cactus Communications

Prof. Yong Sik Ok of Korea University is a leading researcher advancing circular economy solutions for waste management and renewable energy. His work emphasizes transforming waste into valuable resources through plastic circularity, resilient waste systems, and biomass-to-energy innovations. Collaborating with global researchers, including Harbin Institute of Technology, his team has developed advanced technologies such as microbial electrolysis cell–anaerobic digestion (MEC–AD), significantly improving methane production and system stability for sustainable energy recovery.

Scientists deploy experimental elkhorn corals to Dry Tortugas to test introduction of new genetic diversity

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

In early April, a collaborative team of scientists and divers from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, the U.S. Geological Survey’s St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, and the National Park Service outplanted almost three dozen two-year old elkhorn corals (Acropora palmata) to three reef sites in Dry Tortugas National Park.

Researchers reunite elephant calf with her family

Colorado State University

A research team led by Colorado State University Professor George Wittemyer reunited a 4-month-old elephant calf with her family after she wandered into a tourist camp alone. The fieldwork that allowed them to identify the wayward calf and reunite her with her family is critical to the conservation of African elephants.

Kick-off ceremony for POLICAP, the new mobile CO₂ capture unit of the Politecnico di Milano

Politecnico di Milano

A step forward towards reducing carbon dioxide emissions. POLICAP, the mobile pilot plant for CO₂ capture with solvents of the Politecnico di Milano, was inaugurated today in Piacenza. POLICAP is an advanced research infrastructure, developed by the Department of Energy-DENG of the Politecnico di Milano, funded by the PNRR within the framework of the national ECCSELLENT project, whose laboratories are part of the European ECCSEL-ERIC network and aimed at developing CCUS technologies – that is Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage, which are essential for reducing industrial emissions.

Q&A: What is in the new American Heart Association dietary recommendations?

According to the new dietary recommendations from the American Heart Association, people should incorporate healthy foods they like into a diet they can maintain in order to promote heart health. Kristina Petersen, associate professor of nutritional sciences, discusses the recommendations, which she helped draft.

Ticks are ‘spreading like wildfire’ - and more of them are carrying Lyme

Binghamton University

Ticks are ‘spreading like wildfire’ - and more of them are carrying Lyme, according to researchers at the Tick-Borne Disease Center at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

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