31-Jul-2025 World-first audio research facilities coming to Surrey thanks to £2.2 million EPSRC funding University of Surrey A new national audio hub featuring world-first acoustic facilities is being built at the University of Surrey, thanks to £2.2 million in funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The facilities will allow researchers to simulate almost any listening environment on Earth, from a quiet living room or modern office to a vast concert hall, cathedral or bustling city street.
30-Jul-2025 Migrating zooplankton may help drive carbon transport Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences An interdisciplinary team led by Bigelow Laboratory researchers is working to better model how zooplankton transport carbon to the deep ocean, which could inform conversations around marine carbon dioxide removal strategies. Journal Annual Review of Marine Science Funder Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
30-Jul-2025 Tracking Gulf of Maine acidity, outlook for commercial shellfisheries Iowa State University Scientists studied the annual bands built by crustose coralline algae to help determine a history of seawater chemistry in the Gulf of Maine. The data include warning signs of a "tipping point" toward more seawater acidity, which could harm the gulf's shellfisheries. Journal Scientific Reports Funder U.S. National Science Foundation, NOAA Sea Grant
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 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.
