Scientists have developed a new edge-of-field water-treatment system that reduces the load of excess nutrients washing into waterways from farm drainage systems. Their method combines a woodchip bioreactor with a two-step biochar water-treatment module. A one-year field trial demonstrated that the system reduced both nitrogen and phosphorus runoff from farmland.

In a Journal of Cyber Policy paper published late last year, Milton Mueller researched whether the existential AI threat was a real possibility. What Mueller found is that deciding how far AI can go, and its limitations, is something society shapes. How policymakers get involved depends on the specific AI application. 

Lehigh University announces five faculty members named 2026 Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors. Prolific inventors Hannah Dailey, Martin Harmer, Mayuresh Kothare, and Carlos Romero represent the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, alongside Kai Landskron from the College of Arts and Sciences. This prestigious national honor recognizes academic researchers whose patented technologies have achieved significant societal and economic impact.

Fairness, honesty, and transparency are needed in AI for it to benefit humanity.

Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo developed a platform that enables intraluminal inflation of human lung organoids, allowing quantitative measurement of lung compliance and modeling of lung stiffening diseases.

A team from the University of Stuttgart, together with international researchers, has succeeded in enhancing both the efficiency and environmental resilience of perovskite solar cells. This is another important step towards the application of a technology that holds great promise for photovoltaics. Read more about this in the renowned journal Nature Energy.