1-Jun-2026 UT San Antonio leads national effort to arm law enforcement with ‘smart’ forensic skills University of Texas at San Antonio As the number of connected devices worldwide is projected to exceed 40 billion by 2034, The University of Texas at San Antonio is leading a national initiative to ensure law enforcement can keep pace. Through the Internet of Things (IoT) National Training and Technical Assistance Program, cybersecurity experts are bridging a critical gap in digital forensics, providing investigators with the skills to extract evidence from everything from Ring doorbells to robotic vacuums.
1-Jun-2026 Sandia recreates flight-like heat to support NASA’s Dragonfly mission to Titan DOE/Sandia National Laboratories At Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility, engineers helped NASA prepare for that critical phase by recreating flight-like heating on large test articles to qualify Dragonfly’s heat shield thermal protection system. Sandia and NASA recently completed the sixth and final solar-tower test campaign at the facility, capping a multiyear effort that began in 2023.
1-Jun-2026 ETSU researchers help uncover hidden Black settlement East Tennessee State University ETSU researchers used LiDAR technology to help uncover traces of a historic free Black settlement in New York’s Adirondacks.
1-Jun-2026 Take Pride in learning CPR: You may save the life of someone you love American Heart Association This June, during Pride Month, the American Heart Association, devoted to changing the future to a world of healthier lives for all, is encouraging LGBTQ+ communities and allies to learn Hands‑Only CPR and be ready to act when every second counts.
1-Jun-2026 5 powerful CPR stories with 1 urgent message: Don’t stand by American Heart Association Five compelling, real-life CPR stories kick off a new American Heart Association storytelling initiative focused on doubling the sudden cardiac arrest survival rate, as part of CPR & AED Awareness Week.
1-Jun-2026 Launch of the SAMPO project to support the mental health of young people in Europe Vrije Universiteit Brussel SAMPO - Scalable Approach to Mental Illness and Self-Harm Prevention Online - has received funding from Horizon Europe to develop a new digital approach to preventive mental health care for adolescents and young adults. The four-year project will develop, adapt and test a multi-level, person-centred digital programme. The programme is designed to make mental health support more accessible, scalable and relevant to young people's daily lives.
1-Jun-2026 FIU researcher develops storage-based cybersecurity system to recover data after cyberattacks Florida International University FIU researchers have created a system that transforms an SSD into an active line of defense, significantly extending how long deleted data can be recovered after a cyberattack. Journal ACM SIGSAC Review Funder NSF CNS, NSF CNS
1-Jun-2026 A smarter home could ease the strain of dementia care Texas A&M University Texas A&M University researchers are developing a smart home system to help people living with dementia stay safer at home and alert caregivers to problems such as falls, wandering and kitchen hazards. The system could gather information from home sensors, smartwatches and other connected devices, then bring data together in one place — the Smart Home Care Digital Twin app — so caregivers can monitor safety and respond when something seems wrong.
1-Jun-2026 Yan Solihin named senior member of National Academy of Inventors University of Central Florida College of Engineering and Computer Science CF researcher and cybersecurity expert Yan Solihin has been named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), an honor that recognizes innovators whose work has made a tangible impact beyond the laboratory.CF researcher and cybersecurity expert Yan Solihin has been named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), an honor that recognizes innovators whose work has made a tangible impact beyond the laboratory.
1-Jun-2026 Rice engineering students turn stroke rehab into interactive gameplay Rice University A team of Rice University mechanical and electrical engineering students has developed an interactive, modular rehabilitation system designed to make stroke recovery more engaging, adaptable and effective for patients at home. The project, called TacTile, was created in Rice’s Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK) and earned top honors at the HUFF OEDK Engineering Design Showcase, where it won first place in the Willy Revolution Award for Outstanding Innovation. The team was also selected as the sole North American representative for the international IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Student Design Competition in Shanghai and won first place at the event.
