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The atmosphere’s growing thirst is making droughts worse, even where it rains

University of California - Santa Barbara
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Hot air holds more moisture. That’s why you can blow your hair dry even after a steamy shower. It’s also what dumps rain in the tropics and sucks water from desert soils.

Journal: Nature

New 3D printing method enables complex designs and creates less waste

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new way to 3D print complex structures recycles the material used for structural supports, significantly reducing the amount of waste generated.

Journal: Advanced Materials Technologies
Funder: Center for Perceptual and Interactive Intelligence, U.S. Office of Naval Research, U.S. Army Research Office

Syntato awarded ARIA funding to advance chromosome engineering in crops

Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Medical Sciences
Grant and Award Announcement

Syntato, a new spinout emerging from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS), announces securing funding from the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA). The contract with ARIA will facilitate Syntato’s pioneering work in the field of deep crop re-engineering, focusing on creating a potato variety with a novel chromosome by the summer of 2028.

Funder: ARIA

UH research challenges conventional theories of how cells detect electrical fields

University of Houston
Grant and Award Announcement

New evidence from the University of Houston suggests that cells are incredibly sensitive to electrical fields, much more so than older scientific theories suggest, challenging assumptions about the limits of cellular electrical sensing and explains how cells detect electric fields with remarkable sensitivity.

PolyU scholar honored with the Hong Kong Engineering Science and Technology Award for contributions to Web3 and digital economy

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Grant and Award Announcement

Scholars from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) are committed to pioneering research excellence and providing innovative solutions to the ever-changing needs of society and technology. Prof. AU Man Ho Allen, Professor and Associate Head (Research and Development) of the Department of Computing at PolyU, has been recognised with the prestigious Hong Kong Engineering Science and Technology (HKEST) Award 2024-25 for his outstanding contributions to the Web3 ecosystem and the digital economy.

New technology developed at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University promises faster, earlier diagnosis of deadly form of heart failure

Temple University Health System
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A novel screening approach developed by physicians at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University shows significant promise for improving the detection of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)—a life-threatening form of heart failure related to high blood pressure in the lung circulation that is often overlooked due to vague symptoms such as fatigue and shortness of breath.

The new research, published online April 5 in the American Heart Journal, shows that the virtual echocardiography screening tool (VEST), when incorporated into the electronic medical record (EMR) system, can generate accurate PAH risk scores—without the need for time-consuming manual calculations. The approach is the first of its kind in the field of pulmonary vascular medicine.

Journal: American Heart Journal

Researchers uncover hidden airport hotspots in global wildlife trafficking using AI

University of Southern California
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study reveals how AI and network science can help authorities and conservation organizations combat the illegal wildlife trade by identifying trafficking hubs—even at previously unflagged airports and before incidents are reported.Their model predicted 307 airports as potentially involved in illegal wildlife trading, despite no recorded seizures in the available data. Of those, 11 emerged as high-confidence “hidden hotspots” — including two U.S. airports, Dallas Fort Worth International and Denver International, that had not been previously flagged in global trafficking databases.

Journal: Communications Earth & Environment
Funder: Paul G. Allen Family Foundation (PGAFF) grant