4-Jul-2025 The oldest ice core on Earth at the Alfred Wegener Institute Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research A unique ice core is currently being examined in the Alfred Wegener Institute's ice laboratory: the oldest continuous ice core that has ever been drilled on Earth. As part of the EU-funded Beyond EPICA - Oldest Ice project, a research consortium set up a drilling camp on the high plateau in East Antarctica in 2019. Up until January 2025, international teams drilled over 2,800 metres of continuous ice during the Antarctic summer months. This ice core includes air bubbles that enable direct measurements of greenhouse gases from the last 1.2 million years and presumably beyond – marking a historic milestone for climate research.
4-Jul-2025 ETRI to develop heterogeneous V2X cooperative driving communications technology National Research Council of Science & Technology Korean researchers will begin developing core technologies for cooperative autonomous driving services using heterogeneous vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology. This will overcome the limitations of safety services that have been limited to vehicles equipped with vehicular communication devices and extend safety services to general vehicles and pedestrians, which is expected to bring about a dramatic improvement in the efficiency and safety of road transportation. Funder Ministry of Science and ICT
4-Jul-2025 Solar cycles and Canadian climate: What you need to know University of Ottawa Solar Maximum 2025 is the expected peak of solar activity in Solar Cycle 25, characterized by heightened sunspots, solar flares, and coronal mass ejections. This peak is anticipated around mid to late 2025, coinciding with the Sun’s magnetic field flip. Such solar activity may influence Canadian climate patterns by potentially affecting weather systems. We asked Hossein Bonakdari, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering about this phenomenon.
3-Jul-2025 Combating brain diseases using targeted drug delivery Texas A&M University Polymers offer potential for less invasive Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s treatments.
3-Jul-2025 Hey Siri, fix my spacecraft! Texas A&M University Texas A&M University researchers are testing a virtual assistant that may help astronauts solve unexpected problems during space travel. Journal Journal of Aerospace Information Systems Funder NASA Human Research Program
3-Jul-2025 Cancer risk in young women nearly double than men |BGI Insight BGI Genomics Cancer is turning up more frequently in young women. The American Cancer Society shows the incidence rate for women younger than 50 has increased from 51% higher than men in 2002 to 82% higher in 2021. Regular checkups aid early detection, and convenient genetic testing makes it easier than ever to protect women's health.
3-Jul-2025 Blood-sucking mosquitoes as disease surveillance tools? University of Auckland Scientists are testing using mosquitoes to monitor disease outbreaks
3-Jul-2025 UK students to launch international space mission University of Surrey A team of students from the University of Surrey, the University of Portsmouth and the University of Southampton are working to fit equipment they designed, made and tested to a suborbital launch vehicle which aims to launch 900km into space.
3-Jul-2025 Shedd Aquarium makes history in breakthrough procedure for Kimalu, a beluga whale Shedd Aquarium Kimalu (KEE-ma-loo), a 12-year-old female beluga whale, is resting comfortably following a historic procedure at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium. On Tuesday, July 1, Kimalu, who was born at Shedd, underwent a first-of-its-kind surgery to remove a growing network of cysts near her blowhole on her head and neck. In the process, Kimalu became the first known beluga in the world to recover from general anesthesia.
2-Jul-2025 NASA's Lucy mission provides full view of asteroid Donaldjohanson NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientists with NASA’s Lucy mission continue to analyze data collected during the spacecraft’s April 20 encounter with the main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson.
