19-Nov-2025 New mapping system ends farm mislabeling, protecting coffee and cacao trade The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture A new mapping system developed by Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT aims to tackle farm mislabeling in the coffee and cacao industries, safeguarding supply chains and consumer trust. Farm mislabeling, where the origin or type of produce is falsely claimed, has historically led to economic losses for genuine farmers and undermined fair trade practices.
19-Nov-2025 Appropriate diagnosis of COPD can have significant public health impact American Thoracic Society Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a preventable and treatable condition marked by breathlessness, chronic sputum production and cough, claiming three million lives globally each year —particularly in low-resource countries — and is expected to increase due to aging populations and ongoing exposure to risks like tobacco smoke and air pollution.
19-Nov-2025 New clinic helps streamline care for cancer patients with endocrine complications University of Colorado School of Medicine Some cancer treatments can affect the body’s endocrine system, prompting CU Anschutz physicians to establish an endocrine-oncology clinic that helps patients get specialized care quickly.
19-Nov-2025 Osteoporosis often goes undetected and untreated. Here’s how CU Anschutz doctors are changing that University of Colorado School of Medicine Given the prevalence of osteoporosis and its potentially life-changing consequences, CU Anschutz physicians are developing ways to identify and treat osteoporosis earlier to improve health outcomes for patients.
19-Nov-2025 Barry Silverstein ’84 to help lead the future of AR/VR at URochester University of Rochester Barry Silverstein is stepping down as the senior director of optics and display research at Meta Reality Labs Research to lead the University of Rochester's Center for Extended Reality (CXR), a transdisciplinary center focused on artificial intelligence, augmented reality, virtual reality, and everything in between.
19-Nov-2025 University of Tennessee faculty member's research aims to improve drug safety monitoring University of Tennessee at Knoxville University of Tennessee, Knoville researcher Wenjun Zhou developed an error-controlled correlation (ECC) method to improve early detection of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). ECC enhances postmarket monitoring by reducing false positives, enabling faster, accurate identification of drug-ADR correlations. This innovation safeguards public health and highlights the growing impact of data analysis in pharmaceutical safety.
18-Nov-2025 Accelerating Access to Inhaled Medicines in Africa: Leveraging the RACE Africa Project Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Through healthcare worker training, community education, and practical diagnostic tools, the RACE Africa project is equipping frontline healthcare providers to recognise and manage COPD — and empowering communities to understand and act on respiratory health. Funder Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD)
18-Nov-2025 UMaine Ph.D. students develop AI tool to improve breast cancer detection University of Maine The Context-Guided Segmentation Network (CGS-Net) developed by University of Maine researchers introduces a deep learning architecture designed to interpret microscopic images of tissue with greater precision than conventional AI models. Powered by a dual-encoder model that mirrors the workflow of a pathologist examining a slide, one branch of the network processes a high-resolution image patch to capture cell-level details, while the other examines a lower-resolution patch encompassing the surrounding tissue. A system of interconnected encoders and decoders uses data from both the high and low resolution images for a complete analysis. Journal Scientific Reports Funder NIH/National Cancer Institute, U.S. National Science Foundation
18-Nov-2025 Engineers work to recruit students, narrow US talent gap in semiconductor workforce Iowa State University A team of Iowa State researchers is establishing a year-long program to recruit and train students for the semiconductor industry. It's all about giving students a head start on a semiconductor career and building a U.S. chip workforce. Funder U.S. National Science Foundation
18-Nov-2025 Celeritas code sets fast pace for particle physics discoveries DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory With powerful new colliders crashing particles at ever-increasing energies, even more daughter particles are produced. The innovative Celeritas project, led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, provides a software tool that makes sure simulations used to analyze particles can run on the fastest supercomputers, accelerating answers about the nature of the universe. Funder US Department of Energy Office of Science
