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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 20-Oct-2025 22:11 ET (21-Oct-2025 02:11 GMT/UTC)
15-Oct-2025
International journal FlexTech officially releases 2025 issue 2
Tsinghua University PressThe international scientific and technological journal FlexTech, co-launched by Tsinghua University Press and Wiley, officially released its 2025 Issue 2.
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- FlexTech
15-Oct-2025
UofL, UofL Health investigate new pathways for treating ischemic strokes
University of Louisville
Recognizing the urgent need for improved stroke therapies, UofL Health – UofL Hospital and the University of Louisville are actively participating in a pivotal clinical trial known as the Strategy for Improving Stroke Treatment Response (SISTER). This study focuses on patients who come to the emergency department 4.5 to 24 hours after the onset of an ischemic stroke and who are not candidates for standard treatment methods, such as previously approved clot-dissolving medications or mechanical interventions.
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- Translational Sciences, Inc.
15-Oct-2025
Exploring links between AI and the brain as Texas weighs Proposition 14
Rice University
LLMs and the Brain, a symposium featuring researchers from Rice, Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Texas, the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Montreal and other institutions explored the intersection between neuroscience and AI. The conversation around brain research extends beyond the university and is unfolding at the state level. On Nov. 4, Texas voters will decide on Proposition 14, which would fund the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (DPRIT) with $3 billion over 10 years, creating the largest state-funded dementia research program in the country.
15-Oct-2025
Research uses machine learning to identify ‘thermal switch’
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Xiangyu Li and Shaodong Zhang at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville developed a machine learning-assisted model to predict heat flow in advanced materials like graphene foam. Their research enables intelligent thermal switches, advancing energy-efficient electronics, wearable devices, and streamlined material development through precise molecular simulations. Sponsored by the AI Tennessee Initiative, their work bridges atomic-scale accuracy with practical applications.
15-Oct-2025
ISE project helps DOD manage parts supply chain
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
University of Tennessee, Knoxville researchers are developing an AI agent for the U.S. Department of Defense to manage parts obsolescence in military systems. The tool aims to reduce downtime, optimize inventory, and identify cost-saving opportunities, ensuring readiness and mitigating supply chain vulnerabilities for aging equipment.
15-Oct-2025
Advanced tools could help build safer, longer-lasting and faster-charging batteries
University of Surrey
New microdevices developed at the University of Surrey give researchers their first-ever look inside a battery while it is running – opening the door to safer, smarter and more sustainable energy storage.
14-Oct-2025
How two PhD students fixed the focus on the James Webb Space Telescope
University of Sydney
Two students have engineered a fix to improve the imaging from the James Webb Space Telescope interferometer. They did this without having to launch a space mission - like NASA did to fix imaging on the Hubble in the 1990s. The two are so thrilled, they've had tattoos inked on their arms of the 'non redundant mask' they have provided a fix for.
- Journal
- Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
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- Australian Research Council, Big Questions Institute, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, National Research Council Canada, U.S. National Science Foundation, NASA Headquarters
14-Oct-2025
A phone book-sized surgical kit designed for the world’s most extreme environments
Texas A&M University
A portable pack brings the operating room directly to the patient — enabling lifesaving surgery in military, disaster, wilderness and humanitarian care missions.
- Journal
- Annals of Emergency Medicine
14-Oct-2025
Two UTA professors earn top UT Regents’ teaching honor
University of Texas at ArlingtonTwo University of Texas at Arlington faculty members—Karen Magruder and Mohsen Shahandashti—have been named recipients of the 2025 UT Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards, one of the highest honors for educators in the UT System. The awards celebrate faculty whose innovation, mentorship, and classroom excellence make a lasting impact on students.