8-Sep-2025 Feeling bored? Why that feeling might be more powerful than you think Texas A&M University Texas A&M psychologist uncovers why boredom drives us to seek new experiences, even if they are unpleasant. Journal Emotion
8-Sep-2025 ‘Scoring’ a good view: Researchers create tool to optimize window views and building design Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - ViewScore.io, a new software tool created by Cornell University researchers, can simulate and score window view scenarios, helping building designers optimize these views along with energy efficiency. The technology could also be used to inform green building standards, and to help consumers decide which home to rent or hotel room to reserve.
8-Sep-2025 Facing rapid changes in technology and transportation UiT The Arctic University of Norway Indigenous communities across the Arctic and northern Norway are experiencing profound transformations in technology and transportation, reshaping their Indigenous ways of life.
8-Sep-2025 New mesocosm study in Gran Canaria Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) 8. September 2025 / Gran Canaria / Kiel. Over the coming weeks, international researchers led by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel will conduct an experiment in closed marine tanks on the coast of Gran Canaria to investigate the effect of various methods of ocean alkalisation on the marine ecosystem. In so-called mesocosms, which are similar to oversized test tubes, natural ecosystems can be observed under controlled conditions. This study will be the first to systematically compare two approaches: adding already dissolved minerals and introducing finely ground rock into seawater.
8-Sep-2025 Mayo Clinic Q and A: Living kidney donation may be option for those with type 2 diabetes Mayo Clinic Living kidney donation may be option for those with type 2 diabetes
8-Sep-2025 Illinois-based project helps expand world soybean market in Malawi University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences The Shire Valley Transformation Program is making it possible for rural Malawi to establish soybean as the national standard for protein and oil, thus entering the global market for soybean, which has never before been processed on a large scale in the region. Now, with help from the Soybean Innovation Lab, based at the University of Illinois, soybean is set to take off in Malawi.
8-Sep-2025 New tech to combat toxic algal blooms and fish death events Murdoch University A new piece of technology designed by a leading Australian marine scientist will detect pollution in waterways in its earliest stages. Funder Alcoa Foundation, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation
5-Sep-2025 The importance of straits: A legal, environmental, and strategic perspective UiT The Arctic University of Norway The significance of maritime straits is multifaceted, particularly regarding their commercial, environmental, and strategic dimensions.
5-Sep-2025 Spark Innovation Center launches new biohub University of Tennessee at Knoxville The Spark Innovation Center at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Research Park is launching the Spark BioHub, a life science initiative supporting health-focused startups. With expanded lab space, mentoring, and entrepreneurial coaching, the hub helps startups bring innovations to market, fostering advanced technology companies, high-paying jobs, and opportunities for UT students in Tennessee.
5-Sep-2025 Greenhouse gases from semiconductor processes, efficiently decomposed with high-durability catalyst National Research Council of Science & Technology Dr. Ryi Shin-kun and his research team from the CCS Research Department at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (President Yi, Chang-Keun, hereinafter referred to as KIER) have succeeded in developing a new catalyst capable of stably decomposing greenhouse gases generated in semiconductor and display manufacturing processes, even at low temperatures. Funder Ministry of Science and ICT
