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21-Oct-2025

Global supply chains benefit most from who you know

University of British Columbia Okanagan campus
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a time of tariffs and political trade disputes, new UBC Okanagan research shows that it’s not what you know but who you know.

And how well you treat them.

The research demonstrates that strong and strategic international alliances—not just diversification—are key to protecting supply chains from political trade disruptions.

21-Oct-2025

Who watches the AI watchman?

University of Waterloo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As artificial intelligence (AI) takes on increasingly critical roles — from managing power grids to piloting autonomous vehicles — making sure these systems are safe has never been more important. But how can we be certain that the AI controlling them can be trusted?

A research team at the University of Waterloo is addressing this question using tools from applied mathematics and machine learning to rigorously check and verify the safety of AI-driven systems.

Journal: Automatica

20-Oct-2025

A 'Rosetta Stone' for molecular systems

University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Penn Engineers have developed a mathematical “Rosetta Stone” that translates atomic and molecular movements into predictions of larger-scale effects, like proteins unfolding and crystals forming, without the need for costly, time-consuming simulations or experiments. That could make it easier to design smarter medicines, semiconductors and more.

Journal: Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, University of Pennsylvania

20-Oct-2025

Hitting a nerve

University of Pittsburgh
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Study in PNAS Nexus reveals how chemical networks can mimic nervous systems to power movement in soft materials.

Journal: PNAS Nexus

20-Oct-2025

Effectiveness of colchicine for the treatment of long COVID

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this randomized clinical trial, among adults with long COVID, colchicine did not improve functional capacity, respiratory function, or inflammatory markers. These findings underscore the need to explore alternative therapeutic approaches for long COVID.

Journal: JAMA Internal Medicine

20-Oct-2025

Epidural electrical stimulation for functional recovery in incomplete spinal cord injury

Beijing Institute of Technology Press Co., Ltd
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research paper by scientists at Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University presented a single-center, nonrandomized controlled cohort study designed to evaluate the efficacy of epidural electrical stimulation (EES) in the treatment of spinal cord injury (SCI).

The research paper, published on Jul. 22, 2025 in the journal Cyborg and Bionic Systems.

20-Oct-2025

Safer quantum-secured data networks for the AI era

SPIE--International Society for Optics and Photonics
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Artificial intelligence (AI) data centers use huge amounts of electricity and face future risks from quantum computers that could break today’s encryption. To tackle this, researchers developed a new system that combines ultrafast data transmission with quantum key distribution for security. In tests, the system delivered data at terabit-per-second capacity with low power consumption, while generating secure encryption keys in real time, pointing to a promising path for the development of more efficient and secure data transmission systems to handle the surging demands of AI applications such as autonomous vehicles and large language models.

Journal: Advanced Photonics