A husband and wife will walk across the graduation stage at Globe Life Field on Sunday, each receiving a doctoral degree from The University of Texas at Arlington. Their achievement caps a journey that included adapting to a new culture, navigating the COVID 19 pandemic, welcoming their first child and supporting each other every step of the way.

AI tools that recreate the voices and personalities of deceased loved ones are emerging as a new form of “grief technology.” Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Data Science say these systems may offer comfort for some users but also risk disrupting the grieving process by blurring the line between memory and simulation. The work highlights growing concerns around emotional well-being, posthumous consent, and the ownership of personal data in an era where digital identity can persist and interact, even after death.

While, historically, men in the United States have tended to drink more than women, that trend has reversed over the last decade, prompting a University of Rhode Island behavioral science psychology student to study the implications of the shift, and examine how emotion and craving are impacting alcohol use among women.

HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar Siniša Hrvatin studies how animals hibernate — and what that state reveals about the biology of survival and aging.

Bernhard Palsson builds computer models that help scientists make biology easier to predict — and easier to engineer. His work has influenced everything from microbe-made chemicals to cells used to produce many therapeutic proteins and new “digital twin” efforts to tackle antibiotic resistance.

On a clear April day in 2006, a team of engineers and scientists erupted with excitement from the control room of the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), a newly built user facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. A pulse of protons — racing at nearly the speed of light — shot from the accelerator and struck liquid mercury at the facility’s first target station, freeing tens of millions of neutrons. That moment launched a new era of discovery science that continues to shape technologies we use every day, from spacecraft to smartphones. As the challenges we currently face require a historic national effort, comparable in urgency and ambition to the Manhattan Project, ORNL once again stands at the ready to answer the nation’s need for AI‑accelerated innovation and discovery.   

When Bill the Siamese crocodile started showing changes in his health, radiology experts and animal care specialists joined forces to get the ten-foot-long reptile into a CT scanner.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has long been deeply and successfully engaged in the field of space technology. The University’s Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering has developed Hong Kong’s first low-Earth-orbit (LEO) communication-navigation integrated satellite payload “LEO CNAV”, which was recently successfully launched aboard the Yuxing-3 No. 05 satellite (also known as “Tech-Innovation-1”) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Gansu. The launch of the satellite payload, which will undergo in-orbit testing, marks a historic milestone for PolyU in satellite technology and space applications.

In just over a decade, many of the electronic devices we use on a daily basis will likely be stretchable and flexible. Mobile phones could be rolled up and small TV screens stretched out into wide home theatre screens. A research group has developed a new method for manufacturing flexible electronics by mimicking structures found in nature, such as those seen in tree leaves. The aim is to also develop new sustainable systems that place less strain on the environment than current production methods.

For decades, sub-Saharan Africa has waged a determined battle against malaria—one of the world’s deadliest and most persistent public health threats.