Feature Stories
Updates every hour. Last Updated: 14-Nov-2025 18:11 ET (14-Nov-2025 23:11 GMT/UTC)
13-Nov-2025
Brown combines nuclear waste disposal with mobile energy generation
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Nick Brown, nuclear engineering professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, leads the MATRICY project, exploring recycled transuranic elements as fuel for microreactors. This innovation reduces nuclear waste by 93%, lowers energy costs, and enhances sustainability, addressing critical challenges in nuclear energy while advancing ultra-low-carbon electricity solutions.
13-Nov-2025
New Rady School report: Military spending remains cornerstone of San Diego’s economy
University of California - San Diego
The military continues to play a vital role in powering San Diego’s economy, supporting nearly 357,000 local jobs and contributing $61.3 billion to the region’s total economic output, according to the 2025 Military Economic Impact Report (MEIR). The report is released annually by the San Diego Military Advisory Council (SDMAC) and the University of California San Diego's Rady School of Management.
12-Nov-2025
New #biochar webinar alert!
Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Did you miss the live session? The full recording is now available on YouTube!
- Journal
- Biochar
12-Nov-2025
Cal Poly scientists look to ancient microbes to discover the antibiotics of the future
California Polytechnic State UniversityA Cal Poly biochemistry research team is searching for clues to discover new antibiotics. Bacteria strains that are more than 25 million years old might hold the keys to what they're looking for.
Donated by a Cal Poly scientist who collaborated to inspire Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel “Jurassic Park," the student and faculty research team has a treasure trove of prehistoric biological materials to work with.
12-Nov-2025
The 1.5°C target – an obituary?
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
The target set ten years ago in the Paris Climate Agreement was already very ambitious at that time and has become increasingly implausible over the years due to inadequate societal-political development and rapid warming. However, the 1.5°C limit has not yet actually been exceeded. So, is it too early for an obituary?
12-Nov-2025
Behavioral economics: Born at Cornell, embraced by policymakers
Cornell University
Economists and psychologists work together to understand how human behavior impacts people's decision-making in the marketplace.
12-Nov-2025
Stretching shapes and building tools: topology at Cornell
Cornell University
Topology has real implications in the world. For example, topological techniques can be brought to bear on calculating the trajectories of spacecraft, and missions have been saved by the efforts of topologists.
12-Nov-2025
Why is no one talking about generational change in health care?
Texas A&M UniversityTraditional deference to one’s elders within the medical profession is contributing to a wasted opportunity to improve a broken health care system, says a leading health policy researcher.
- Funder
- National Academy of Sciences, Legal Services for Homeless Veterans and Veterans At-Risk for Homelessness (LSV-H) Grant Program
12-Nov-2025
Powerful new film explores how courts can fail autistic witnesses
University of Bath
A compelling new narrative film, inspired by research into how autistic people experience the justice system, will premiere at the BAFTA-qualifying Norwich Film Festival (UK) this weekend.