Okayama University of Science is advancing a comprehensive approach to disaster preparedness for people and their pets, combining community-based evacuation support, student-led outreach, and interdisciplinary research. Following the real-world use of its Imabari Campus as a pet-friendly evacuation site during the 2025 Imabari Wildfire, the university is now developing technologies to monitor animals’ health and stress during disasters, with the goal of improving the welfare of both pets and their owners.

IIT Gandhinagar, Jamia Millia Islamia, and partner institutions developed a potential antimicrobial molecule, DSA3, that targets Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) by disabling thymidine kinase (TK), an enzyme crucial to bacterial survival. Using the enzyme’s crystal structure, computer modelling and laboratory experiments, the team identified DSA3 as the most promising candidate among nine synthesised compounds. DSA3 showed strong interaction with TK and antibacterial activity against S. aureus, providing an early proof of concept for this relatively underexplored target.

What do bats do when they feel ill? SELFCURE, a multi-disciplinary project taking place in Gamboa, Panama, tracks the behavior of tropical bats when immune-challenged to understand how they take care of themselves, and what lessons we can learn from them. 

Rice University researchers have used a magnetically levitated particle to search for ultraheavy dark matter, extending the hunt for some of the heaviest possible forms of the invisible matter thought to hold galaxies together. Led by Christopher Tunnell, associate professor of physics and astronomy, the researchers used a tiny floating magnet as a highly sensitive detector designed to register the faint push an ultraheavy dark matter particle could produce as it passed through.

A UC Berkeley-led project aims to make it easier for all Californians to understand the state’s complex water system and have a say in how this critical resource is used. With input from stakeholders from around the state, the team is creating tools that help illustrate where California’s water is going, the impacts of different water priorities, and how climate change will shift the water landscape.

Iowa State's Wenjie Xia is leading a team developing data-driven, materials-by-design approaches to discover organic electronic materials. The materials could be used for flexible electronics, wearable sensors, bioelectronics and other emerging technologies.

 NOAA Fisheries scientists are tracking West Coast conditions as part of our Integrated Ecosystem Assessment. Here are some of the changes in ocean conditions and marine life that typically signal the arrival of El Niño’s influence along the West Coast.

The Photovoltaic Research Department of the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) achieved a certified world-record efficiency of 26.7% for perovskite/CIGS tandem solar cells, opening a new chapter in next-generation thin-film photovoltaics. This achievement was officially certified by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) in Germany and listed in the Best Research-Cell Efficiencies Chart published by the US National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR, formerly NREL).

Six AIT studies across Asia and Africa reveal how governments, industries, and entrepreneurs turn constraints into digital, circular, and low-carbon growth

Ateneo de Manila University researchers have co-designed comics with Filipino parents to help families recognize, address, and prevent school bullying.