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The sport of roller skiing has long been plagued with a concern. The wheels of the skis roll differently, which can cause the individual’s speed to vary considerably, and as such, the finish times can be impacted by several minutes. Now students at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed a new measuring instrument and method to standardise the resistance of the wheels – and make the sport fairer. Starting this year, the Swedish Ski Association will base its official guidelines for recommended wheels on the students' measurement method.

Drawing on a combination of marketplace observations, marketing insights, and research findings, Boston College Associate Professor of Marketing Henrik Hagtvedt’s new book Money and Marketing in the Art World reveals the high-profile art world is primarily shaped by money and marketing, not by art and artists.

The critically endangered White-bellied Heron faces extinction due to habitat disturbance from human activities and predation. Professor Satoshi Shimano and his team from Hosei University, Japan, collaborated with the White-bellied Heron Conservation Center in Bhutan, to revive the species through direct intervention. With Japanese know-how and the uninterrupted support of Japanese experts, the major hurdle of successfully rearing chicks was overcome, and two healthy chicks were hand-reared, bringing the total captive population to five.

Relying on leading-edge germanium detectors developed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the scientific community pursues elusive nuclear processes to unlock persistent mysteries. Answers to questions they hope to resolve hold the potential to redefine the universe itself. 

What is of quantum coherence and how it is used for quantum sensing and quantum computing applications?

Although many neurotech products – based on technologies that measure or alter the brain – are currently marketed to the general public, few regulations cover their development and commercialization. Researchers from Japan have now released an English-language guidebook for neurotech developers that aims to make these technologies safer and more effective. The publication provides step-by-step guidance from planning to testing to consumer support, and should be essential reading for neurotech developers worldwide.

The “Healthy Crops” consortium, an international team of researchers, which includes Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), has – in collaboration with the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) – developed an innovative strategy to combat the disease Bacterial Blight (for short: BB) in rice using genome editing technology. If approved for use by farmers in Kenya, the BB-resistant rice varieties are expected to reduce yield losses associated with the disease in the affected rice growing regions and increase productivity.