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Warming reshapes how nitrogen is stored and lost in flooded rice soils

Shenyang Agricultural University Collaborative Journals
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As the climate warms, rice farmers may face a difficult balance. Higher temperatures can make nitrogen more available to crops, but they can also increase nitrogen losses to the atmosphere. A new study shows that flooded rice soils may partly compensate by redirecting nitrogen into more stable forms protected within soil aggregates and mineral particles.

Journal: Nitrogen Cycling

First measurement of antineutrinos from spent nuclear fuel

Max-Planck-Institut fur Kernphysik
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Even after nuclear reactors are switched off, radioactive fuel continues to emit a faint flux of antineutrinos. Researchers of the Double Chooz collaboration, led by scientists at MPIK, have now measured this elusive signal for the first time, opening new perspectives for reactor monitoring, nuclear safety, and safeguards.

Journal: Physical Review Letters

SwRI-led study demonstrates PUNCH’s potential to improve space weather forecasts

Southwest Research Institute
Reports and Proceedings

SAN ANTONIO — August 4, 2026 — A Southwest Research Institute-led paper documents how NASA’s Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere mission could greatly improve the ability to forecast the arrival of coronal mass ejections (CMEs). These vast clouds of magnetized plasma can disrupt satellites, power grids and communications when they strike Earth.

Rice to lead $15 million Army Research center for next-generation sensing and communications

Rice University
Grant and Award Announcement

Rice University has received a $15 million award from the U.S. Army Research Office to establish a five-year research center dedicated to advancing secure sensing, imaging and communications. The Center for Large Aperture Secure Sensing, Imaging and Communications, or CLASSIC, brings together researchers from universities and national laboratories across the country to develop advanced antenna technologies for future wireless systems.

Funder: U.S. Army

Cambridge scientist releases new "Medicine 4.0" framework that calls for greater access to both ideas and services.

Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge
Peer-Reviewed Publication

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom — Modern medicine has become increasingly focused on preventing disease and extending healthy life, but a new paper claims that the next major leap in healthcare will require something more fundamental: ensuring that both medical care and scientific knowledge are accessible to everyone.

Journal: Frontiers in Medicine

Yao receives NSF CAREER Award

George Mason University
Grant and Award Announcement

Ziyu Yao, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, College of Engineering and Computing (CEC), received funding from the National Science Foundation for: “CAREER: Towards Scalable and Actionable Interpretability of Language Models for Code Generation.”

Funder: National Science Foundation

Han receives travel grant to support student travel to ACM MobiCom

George Mason University
Grant and Award Announcement

Bo Han, Associate Professor, Computer Science, College of Engineering and Computing (CEC), received $15,000 from the National Science Foundation to support student travel to the 2026 Association for Computing Machinery International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (ACM MobiCom).

Funder: National Science Foundation

Albanese & Chen receive funding for conference aimed at creating growing secure open-source ecosystems in era of AI

George Mason University
Grant and Award Announcement

Massimiliano Albanese, Professor and Associate Chair for Research Information Sciences and Technology, Executive Director, Institute for Digital Innovation, College of Engineering and Computing (CEC), and Songqing Chen, Professor, Computer Science, CEC, received funding for: “POSE: Conference: A Community-Wide Convening to Grow Secure Open-Source Ecosystems in the Era of AI.”

Funder: National Science Foundation

Zhou & Yin receive funding for collaborative research project

George Mason University
Grant and Award Announcement

Keren Zhou, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, College of Engineering and Computing (CEC), and Binqian Yin, Professor, Computer Science, CEC, received funding from the National Science Foundation.

Funder: National Science Foundation