Thanks to its newly tilted orbit around the Sun, the European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft is the first to image the Sun’s poles from outside the ecliptic plane. Solar Orbiter’s unique viewing angle will change our understanding of the Sun’s magnetic field, the solar cycle and the workings of space weather.

A research article published by the University of Macau presented a robotic US scanning system based on a hybrid active–passive force control method, which can be helpful in modern medical treatment via US imaging.

 

The new research paper, published on May. 2 in the journal Cyborg and Bionic Systems, summarized a robotic ultrasound scanning system with a constant-force end-effector. Its uniqueness is the introduction of a hybrid active–passive force control approach to maintaining a constant contact force between the ultrasound probe and the continually changing surface.

Over the past decade, the fast-growing seaweed Caulerpa prolifera has taken over seagrass in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon. While this seaweed provides some habitat, it supports fewer marine species than the original seagrass, signaling a decline in biodiversity. Now, scientists are closely monitoring an unexpected player: small, green sap-sucking sea slugs that feed on C. prolifera and have surged in number. Their presence is prompting new questions about habitat loss, potential pathways for ecosystem recovery, and the uncertain future of marine life in a seagrass-depleted environment.

On June 3, Elsevier released the 2024 CiteScore rankings, featuring 33 Tsinghua University Press (TUP) journals--a 17.2% increase in indexed titles compared to 2023.

Los Angeles, CA – June 11, 2025 - The Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation is proud to announce that its CEO and Director, Dr. Ali Khademhosseini, has been recognized as one of the world’s top scientists in the field of Materials Science by Research.com. In their recently released 2025 rankings, Dr. Khademhosseini was placed in the 41^st position globally and 21^st in the United States. In addition to these rankings, he has also been awarded Research.com’s prestigious Materials Science Leader Award for 2025.

When the amount of cholesterol in the blood is too high, hypercholesterolemia can develop, causing serious damage to the arteries and cardiovascular health. Now, a study led by the University of Barcelona and the University of Oregon presents a new therapeutic tool capable of regulating blood cholesterol levels and thus opening up new perspectives in the fight against atherosclerosis caused by the accumulation of lipid plaques in the artery walls.