Spatial skills develop early in life. We catch balls, pour drinks, ride escalators, and perform countless activities that require spatial awareness. What would happen if machines could emulate this 3D understanding of the world? University of Virginia assistant professor Lei Li is exploring this new frontier of AI at the University of Virginia's Spatial AI Lab.

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar presented a scalable, automated framework for pollen identification using scanning electron microscopy images and machine learning. The team developed an open-access web-based application that organises pollen images and associated data. The computer vision framework provides a reproducible, adaptable solution for pollen analysis, improving speed and accuracy while minimising reliance on manual annotation. The study involves an interdisciplinary methodology with broad applications in domains ranging from plant taxonomy and biodiversity monitoring to agriculture, pollen allergies, and paleoecology.

OncoPRO is a next-gen symptom monitoring program designed to detect problems earlier, strengthen cancer patient safety and deliver data-driven care. The program demonstrates how digital infrastructure can bridge research and clinical operations and align oncology, survivorship and clinical trials.

An international team featuring faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York has drilled the longest ever sediment core from under an ice sheet, providing a record stretching back millions of years that will help climate scientists forecast the fate of the ice sheet in our warming world.

Professor Jon Hathaway, a UT civil and environmental engineering professor, studies urban hydrology and how green infrastructure improves cities by reducing flooding and pollution. With a $2.6 million USFS grant, his interdisciplinary team built four low-cost gravel-tree stormwater systems in underserved Knoxville areas, pairing education, workforce training, and scalable designs.

University of Victoria researchers are shaping Canada’s quantum future

Eric Krause, a professor of neuroscience at Gergia State University and a Georgia Research Alliance distinguished investigator, studies how GLP-1 therapies affect brain pathways, weight loss and muscle mass.

After more than a decade of research by primatologists at CU Boulder and their colleagues, a major environmental organization has changed the conservation status of an unusual, and petite, species of primate that lives in southern Africa.