20-Aug-2026 Physicist builds tools to see quantum matter more clearly DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory John Lajoie is a builder—not of buildings or everyday machines, but of detectors with a special purpose. A physicist at the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Lajoie has shaped his career around finding hard-to-solve problems and coming up with new ways to tackle them. Funder US Department of Energy Office of Science
20-Aug-2026 What comes after fire? Boston University How one Boston University scientist—and an unlikely partnership in California’s wine country—is helping uncover what forests need to survive in a warming world
20-Aug-2026 Dehydration can cause more than thirst: Expert explains how it can affect the heart Mayo Clinic Dehydration can affect much more than your thirst. It also can place extra stress on your heart and cardiovascular system, explains Brodie Marthaler, M.D., a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic Health System.
20-Aug-2026 In pursuit of nearly perfect battery materials, performance Iowa State University Questions and answers with a battery expert: "That’s what I’m up against. I have to make a battery that’s so perfect, that every time you charge it and discharge it, it only loses .01%." -- Steve Martin, Iowa State University.
20-Aug-2026 The wetland comeback: Europe’s race to save its wetlands European Science Communication Institute gGmbH Faced with more regular and intense droughts, Europe is finding ways to restore wetlands to naturally supply water and capture and store carbon. The WET HORIZONS project has developed tools to help landowners and policymakers to make the right decisions for rewetting these wetlands. Funder HORIZON EUROPE Climate
20-Aug-2026 Breaking down research silos to solve Kansas’ water challenges Kansas State University What happens when researchers from engineering, entomology, geology, economics and other fields tackle water problems together? Kansas State University's CoSearch workshop is turning unexpected collaborations into new approaches to groundwater quality, water reuse and agricultural sustainability.
20-Aug-2026 3D-printed concrete could bring stronger storm shelters to vulnerable communities Kansas State University Can 3D-printed concrete make storm shelters safer and more accessible? A K-State researcher is partnering with researchers across the Midwest to test modular 3D-printed concrete designs engineered to withstand extreme winds and flying debris.
20-Aug-2026 How studying RNA regulation in the brain illuminates mysteries ranging from the birth of language to treating Parkinsons Rockefeller University Thirty years ago, an insight from a rare brain disease took Robert Darnell's career in an unexpected direction. He’s still surprised by what he’s learning.
20-Aug-2026 Making peace, not war, with infections Howard Hughes Medical Institute HHMI Investigator Janelle Ayres studies how the body can survive infections by cooperating with pathogens rather than killing them — findings that could transform development of new infectious disease treatments.
19-Aug-2026 From blurry to brilliant: AI-powered tool rescues memories Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Researchers from IIT Gandhinagar (IITGN) and IIT Banaras Hindu University (IIT BHU) proposed the GenR framework, which efficiently recovers lost or damaged details in photographs. Another study by IITGN in collaboration with Adobe Research (India) discussed a new approach that can turn text descriptions into videos while keeping objects, their relationships, and actions consistent across frames. These studies highlight AI’s potential to both improve images we already have and create visual representations from information that may only be a memory.
