Georgia Tech researchers have developed a groundbreaking 3D-printed, bioresorbable heart valve that promotes tissue regeneration, potentially eliminating the need for repeated surgeries and offering a transformative solution for both adult and pediatric heart patients.

The impact of climate change is growing by the minute and urgent action is needed to put knowledge into the hands of the world’s smallholder farmers so they can improve their livelihoods and achieve sustainable food security despite this challenge, writes Dr Dennis Rangi, CABI’s Director General – Development.

Basic science researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine are advancing heart health research by finding avenues that could advance drugs that regulate blood sugar, alleviate high blood pressure and improve how heart disease is treated.

Seven faculty members from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville have been named to Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list for 2024.

With the help of their pet's special snout, University of Oregon researchers discover species vulnerable to climate change 

Excitons, quasiparticles formed by an electron and a hole, transfer energy without a net charge. Physicist Ivan Biaggio studies their dynamics, quantum entanglement, and dissociation in organic semiconductors. Using lasers and fluorescence detection, his lab examines singlet fission, where an excitation splits into two entangled triplet excitons. Research on rubrene crystals reveals how these excitons move and interact. Recently, Biaggio discovered how their internal clocks desynchronize while remaining entangled. Funded by the Department of Energy, his work could impact semiconductor development, solar energy harvesting, and quantum computing by deepening our understanding of exciton behavior in organic materials.

Once a driving force behind Japan’s economic growth and a key industry, the textile sector is now referred to as a “declining industry” due to fierce international competition from countries like China and other parts of Asia, as well as a shrinking domestic market. Symbolic news also broke that Unitika (predecessor of Dainippon Spinning), which had supported the textile industry as one of the three major spinning companies, has decided to withdraw from the textile business, bringing down the curtain on its 135-year history. Meanwhile, the textile industry has come under fire for its significant carbon dioxide emissions. To understand the current state of the textile industry, Japan’s efforts to address those issues, and how consumers can contribute to tackling environmental issues moving forward, we spoke with Professor INOUE Mari from the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment. She has been researching textile materials for nearly 40 years and collaborating with industry leaders.

For the first time, a fossilized snail, horse and early ancestor of modern primates have been to space.