3-Sep-2025 Record honey bee losses prompt AgriLife Extension webinar Texas A&M AgriLife Communications Texas beekeepers lost 61% of their honey bee colonies — nearly 60,000 hives over the past year, according to the most recent statewide survey of more than 400 beekeepers. This was one of the steepest declines in beehives ever recorded in Texas, said Garett Slater, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service honey bee specialist and assistant professor in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Entomology based at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Overton.
2-Sep-2025 Researchers urge for U.S. recognition of Chagas as endemic Texas A&M AgriLife Communications Researchers from Texas A&M University, the University of Florida and the Texas Department of State Health Services say the time is now to recognize Chagas disease as endemic in the U.S. The multi-institutional team’s perspective article, published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s September volume of Emerging Infectious Diseases, underscores growing evidence that points to endemic transmission.
2-Sep-2025 AI can save lives—But only if we guide it George Mason University In the George Mason University's College of Public Health, researchers are embracing AI’s potential while also interrogating it, testing it, and redesigning it to work better for real people. Faculty are building AI tools to detect cancer earlier, support dementia patients, guide students through biostatistics, document evidence of violence, and flag burnout in caregivers—targeting some of public health’s toughest challenges.
2-Sep-2025 Amid cuts, Illinois SNAP-Ed study reveals powerful partnerships supporting healthy communities University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences A recently published study demonstrates the strength of SNAP-Ed partnerships across the state of Illinois, underscoring the efficacy of collective efforts toward a greater public good. Unfortunately, the loss of federal funding for SNAP-Ed could jeopardize the work these partners are doing, risking the elimination of nutrition education and food access programs in all areas of the state. Journal Health Promotion Practice
2-Sep-2025 Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month urges screening and advocacy in national effort to prevent amputations Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions September is Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month, a time to take action against a disease that affects more than 10 million Americans and is the largest cause of nontraumatic amputations in the United States. That’s why the PAD Pulse Alliance, a coalition of leading medical societies dedicated to improving vascular health, is urging patients, providers, and policymakers to act through its Get a Pulse on PAD Campaign.
2-Sep-2025 The people behind the memorial stones on one Trondheim street Norwegian University of Science and Technology Why did so many Jews find their way to Trondheim before the Second World War? Microhistory can help shed light.
2-Sep-2025 Raw footage: Latvian locals get new flood warning app European Science Communication Institute gGmbH As Autumn approaches, many parts of Europe will reckon once again with more intense flood seasons. In Latvia, a new app warns locals about flood risks in their area, which could hopefully avoid the catastrophic floods the region faced last year. Funder Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
2-Sep-2025 Under The Lens: Professor Raquel Peixoto reveals how tourists armed with probiotics could save the world’s coral reefs Applied Microbiology International A fascinating conversation between Applied Microbiology International President Professor Jack Gilbert and Professor Raquel Peixoto examines how understanding and leveraging coral microbiomes is leading to innovative probiotic solutions to boost coral resilience.
2-Sep-2025 SKLCRCC Director Prof. Charles NG Wang-Wai honored with three international awards Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Prof. Charles NG Wang-Wai, Vice-President for Institutional Advancement and Chair Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has received three distinguished awards: the Telford Gold Medal from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in London, the Donald Stanley Award from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, and the Scott Sloan Best Paper Award from Computers and Geotechnics. These accolades celebrate Prof. Ng's exceptional contributions in debris flow mechanics, sustainable waste management, and slope stability.
2-Sep-2025 The WA researcher on a mission to tackle iron deficiency in children, using algae Murdoch University Researchers are looking to create a greener, safer alternative to traditional iron suppements using algae.
