30-Jul-2025 The age of aging is here. Canada is ready to lead. Baycrest Corporate Centre for Geriatric Care By 2050, dementia rates in Canada are expected to double, placing massive strain on families, healthcare systems and long-term care homes. This week, as the world’s top dementia researchers gather in Toronto for the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® (AAIC®), Canada has an opportunity to show it is not just a host, but a global leader in the fight against dementia.
30-Jul-2025 AI turns drone footage into disaster response maps in minutes Texas A&M University A system developed at Texas A&M University uses drone imagery and artificial intelligence to rapidly assess damage after hurricanes and floods, offering life-saving insights in minutes. Funder U.S. National Science Foundation
30-Jul-2025 Interview with Nadiia Yakovenko, PhD, Postdoctoral researcher at Université de Toulouse, France, and Jeroen E. Sonke, CNRS Research Director, Université de Toulouse, France PLOS Interview with Nadiia Yakovenko, PhD, Postdoctoral researcher at Université de Toulouse, France, and Jeroen E. Sonke, CNRS Research Director, Université de Toulouse, France Journal PLOS One
30-Jul-2025 Two-factor authentication just got easier DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have announced a more efficient way to generate and send temporary security codes.
30-Jul-2025 Asteroid hunting using heliostats? DOE/Sandia National Laboratories While heliostats are used in the day, a scientist may have found a way to use them at night.
30-Jul-2025 Interns innovate for impact at Rice’s summer experience in engineering design showcase Rice University In an impressive display of creativity, collaboration and global impact, undergraduate students from around the world gathered at Rice University’s Bioscience Research Collaborative July 24 to present the results of their seven-week Summer Experience in Engineering Design (SEED) internship. This unique program, hosted by the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK) and the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies, offers students the chance to work on real-world engineering problems in multidisciplinary teams.
30-Jul-2025 NASICON solid electrolytes: Relative density links strength and conductivity Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR), Tohoku University A 2024 viewpoint led by researchers at Tohoku University’s AIMR reveals a strong correlation between hardness and ionic conductivity in NASICON-type solid electrolytes. By analyzing literature data, they identified relative density as a key factor, offering a practical strategy to enhance both properties for safer, high-performance sodium-ion batteries. Journal Materials Today Energy
30-Jul-2025 KIMM and NRCan sign MoU on clean technology cooperation National Research Council of Science & Technology On July 29 (Tuesday), KIMM signed the MoU with NRCan in Montréal, Canada, to collaborate on technologies related to resource recovery and environmental sustainability. NRCan is a key science and technology department within the Canadian federal government, responsible for developing national policies and strategies as well as conducting innovative science and research in the areas of energy, critical mineral recovery, natural resources, and the environment. Funder Ministry of Science and ICT
30-Jul-2025 Breakthrough cancer modeling tool more than a decade in the making Indiana University A professor at the Indiana Univesity Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering has co-authored a paper in Cell detailing a decade-long effort to develop PhysiCell, a powerful open-source cancer modeling tool that democratizes biological simulation by allowing researchers to run complex virtual tissue experiments without writing code. Journal Cell Funder NIH/National Institutes of Health, Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Lilly Endowment, Inc.,
30-Jul-2025 Empowering a continent: How youth and cooperatives are revolutionizing agriculture in East Africa CABI Across Kenya and Uganda, a transformative movement is reshaping the agricultural landscape, driven by the dynamic partnership between rural youth and established cooperative societies. Through the CABI-led PlantwisePlus programme, young people are not just finding employment; they're becoming vital service providers and agri-entrepreneurs, dramatically improving farmer productivity, produce quality, and rural livelihoods.
