22-Sep-2026 How might this summer’s extreme weather and the now-historic El Niño impact Chicago region fall color? The Morton Arboretum As the seasons change, the tree experts at The Morton Arboretum are monitoring weather factors—including the record-breaking El Niño—most likely to impact fall leaf color in the Chicago region.
22-Sep-2026 What is your dog really saying? AI is helping researchers decode animal communication Kaunas University of Technology Is a dog’s bark simply an expression of emotion, or does it contain specific information that humans cannot understand? Artificial intelligence (AI) can already analyse thousands of animal sounds and identify patterns that would go unnoticed by the human ear. But researchers are asking a far more ambitious question: could technology one day help us understand what animals are actually saying?
22-Sep-2026 CU Anschutz thyroid cancer researchers get major boost from DOD Impact Award University of Colorado School of Medicine Rebecca Schweppe, PhD, Bryan Haugen, MD, and Jennifer Richer, PhD, aim to answer laboratory questions that could lead to a clinical trial to improve outcomes for patients with thyroid cancers that are resistant to BRAF inhibitors.
22-Sep-2026 Sneezier and wheezier than usual? Fall and winter allergies are headed your way American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Fall and winter allergies may cause sneezing and wheezing, but having an action plan that includes treatment can help.
22-Sep-2026 Comet gains fame for outwitting AI’s hacking attempt University of Texas at Dallas University of Texas at Dallas computer science junior Sinan Can Demir thwarted an effort to insert malicious code into a GitHub user's project. Later, he discovered the hackers were AI agents.
22-Sep-2026 Timely Topic: Experts weigh In on AI doomsday predictions University of Texas at Dallas Recent headlines cast artificial intelligence as a threat to humanity. But University of Texas at Dallas AI experts say it will be up to humans to devise protections.
22-Sep-2026 Reading the leaves: Decoding the secret cellular language of plants Howard Hughes Medical Institute Early in her career, HHMI Investigator Keiko Torii figured out how plant cells talk to each other. Three decades later, she’s still listening — and uncovering exactly what they’re saying.
21-Sep-2026 How agentic AI is working to fix a broken healthcare system Texas A&M University Researchers are deploying a suite of AI agents not to replace humans, but to relieve administrative burdens and ease patient suffering.
21-Sep-2026 UT Arlington research: A new way to see inside a hurricane University of Texas at Arlington Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have created a mathematical model to identify and analyze vortices, the rotating structures at the heart of hurricanes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is now using the model to monitor hurricane development worldwide.
21-Sep-2026 Partnership between ORNL, Boeing advances manufacturing for aircraft parts DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory A 3D-printed metal mold was developed through a partnership between the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the Boeing Company to explore state-of-the-art manufacturing methods for Stamp Form Die tooling in thermoplastic composite production. The SFD will be used by Boeing to contribute to NASA’s Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM) project.
