Sean Brady uses computational biology and synthetic chemistry to speed up the search for new drug candidates hidden in the natural world.

What does the hantavirus do inside its rodent hosts? How does it move through animal populations? And why does it cause almost no symptoms in rodents, yet can be nearly fatal in humans?

For more than 35 years, Specially Appointed Professor Hiroaki Kariwa at Hokkaido University has explored these questions. His team has uncovered key insights into hantavirus ecology and evolution, including the discovery of the Hokkaido virus.

Movements to restrict immigration are picking up steam in the US, itself a nation of immigrants. Based on its “America First” ideology, the second Trump administration, which began in 2025, has proposed a series of hardline policies, such as limiting the acceptance of refugees and mass deportation of undocumented immigrants. As antiforeign movements continue to build strength, trends in municipalities called “sanctuary cities,” which are tolerant to undocumented immigrants, are also gathering attention. We sat down with Graduate School of Intercultural Studies Professor YASUOKA Masaharu, an expert on US immigration policy, to hear more about Trump administration policies and the current state of sanctuary cities.

The first automated and intelligent heart-on-chip and the first 3D-printed single-atom catalysts are the subjects of the research projects that have received funding from the European Research Council (ERC)

The launch of Asteroids2029 marks the beginning of a worldwide initiative supporting the UN International Year of Asteroid Awareness and Planetary Defence. Inspired by the exceptionally close passage of asteroid Apophis in April 2029, over 70 experts and professionals from space agencies, scientific institutions, educational organizations, and communication networks have come together to host events and activities to raise global awareness of asteroids, promote planetary defence, and celebrate international collaboration in understanding and protecting our shared planet. NSF NOIRLab is a proud partner of Asteroids2029.

A powerful new observatory in Chile has begun a 10-year survey of the southern sky, and Rutgers astrophysicists are among the scientists who will use its vast stream of images and data to explore some of the deepest mysteries of the universe.

The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy (DOE), has launched the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, known as LSST. The survey will repeatedly photograph nearly the entire southern sky, creating the most comprehensive time-lapse record of the universe ever attempted.

University of Pittsburgh researchers Jeff Newman and Michael Wood-Vasey, both astronomy and physics professors, have been working toward this day for decades: Monday, June 29, 2026, the official start of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) at the Rubin Observatory. Over the next decade, Rubin will image the entire southern sky every few nights, creating an ultra-high-definition time-lapse record of the Universe. 

The wait is over: NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, is now capturing the cosmos in unprecedented detail, transforming the way we study the dynamic Universe.