1-Oct-2025 Proven: Cereal plants absorb nanoplastics Graz University of Technology Using an advanced method, researchers at TU Graz and the Centre for Electron Microscopy have detected plastic in the roots of wheat plants. Whether the particles reach the ears of grain will be shown by further tests. Funder Austrian Cooperative Research
1-Oct-2025 Transport and mobility challenges facing older people Aberystwyth How important is mobility to our health and wellbeing in later life? How safe are older people on the road? Should drivers have a driving or medical test when they reach a certain age? If older people give up driving, how do they get around?
1-Oct-2025 Pioneering environmental sensors installed on Scotland’s oldest steamship University of Stirling The sensors onboard the Sir Walter Scott steamship, on Loch Katrine in the Trossachs, form part of the Forth Environmental Resilience Array (Forth-ERA) - a first of its kind digital observatory of the Firth of Forth's entire water catchment - allowing researchers to collect real-time data on water quality.
30-Sep-2025 The elephant in the classroom: Why children need more male teachers University of South Australia Ahead of World Teachers’ Day, education experts at the University of South Australia are calling for urgent action to counteract gender stereotypes and bring more men into early childhood education.
30-Sep-2025 new educational video series demonstrates symptoms of agitation in Alzheimer’s dementia The Gerontological Society of America The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) has released a new educational video series on Agitation in Alzheimer’s dementia (AAD), one of the most common and disturbing behavioral symptoms of Alzheimer’s dementia. Funder Otsuka America, Lundbeck
30-Sep-2025 Ask an Expert: What happens during a government shutdown? Penn State The U.S. government faces a shutdown on Oct. 1 unless Congress passes a spending bill to keep the government funded. Ed Jenkins, professor of practice in accounting at Penn State, explains in the Q&A below what a government shutdown is and what it means for American citizens and residents who rely on services like Medicare and Social Security.
30-Sep-2025 NCSA’s Delta Assists potential staph infection breakthrough National Center for Supercomputing Applications Atomic simulations on Delta uncovered new revelations on the bond strength of Staphylococcus aureus to human skin.
30-Sep-2025 Artificial intelligence helps scientists better predict, diagnose hard-to-detect form of breast cancer often undetectable on screening Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center New research at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute is using artificial intelligence (AI) to devise new ways of predicting which patients will develop an aggressive and difficult-to-detect form of breast cancer called lobular cancer, which represents one in every 10 breast cancers diagnosed in the United States.
30-Sep-2025 Living with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is not a death sentence in the eyes of Houghton Hutcheson University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston After a diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at 78, Houghton Hutcheson continues to live his life and chooses not to wait around for the inevitable.
30-Sep-2025 New modeling tool advances grid reliability DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new simulation platform for understanding and predicting the behavior of this modern grid. Using a combination of mathematical tools, automation and analysis, the approach provides highly accurate results with less computing time at a lower cost, increasing the reliability of electricity.
