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Megastructures give clues on how prehistoric settlements were organized

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have found new indications of how large prehistoric settlements were organized. Their research focused on a special type of building known as a megastructure. Excavations in Romania have now shown that this type of building was also found in smaller settlements. Megastructures give new insights into how communities with thousands of members were able to function without any recognizable hierarchies.

ETRI Special Fellow Seokho Son becomes the first Korean to win the CNCF Community Award

National Research Council of Science & Technology

Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) announced that Dr. Seokho Son, Principal Researcher (Special Fellow) at its Artificial Intelligence Computing Research Laboratory, has received the CNCF Community Award 2025 from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), a global open-source foundation.

Funder: Ministry of Science and ICT

AI camera platform to help monitor zoo animals' welfare in new Surrey-Marwell Wildlife partnership

University of Surrey

An AI-powered camera platform could soon help monitor the health and behaviour of zoo animals overnight, thanks to a new partnership between the University of Surrey and Marwell Wildlife.

Were the deceased cremated already in the Stone Age? The first signs of human cremation date back 100,000 years

University of Oulu, Finland

Researchers have possibly discovered the earliest evidence of human cremation. The findings were made in the Afar Rift in Ethiopia, one of the best‑preserved open‑air archaeological concentrations of early Homo sapiens communities.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

UCF researcher develops “smart, tiny bubbles” to treat cancer and heart disease

UCF College of Medicine

Dinender Singla, professor and head of the University of Central Florida College of Medicine’s Division of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Sciences, developed a system that turns exosomes — vesicles that cells secrete to communicate with one another — into delivery vehicles for medical treatments. He has partnered with industry to advance this technology toward patient treatment.

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.

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