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Spotting skin cancer sooner with the help of artificial intelligence

University of Missouri-Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

What if the earliest signs of skin cancer could be identified sooner — before a dermatology appointment?

Researchers at the University of Missouri are exploring how artificial intelligence could help detect melanoma — the most dangerous form of skin cancer — by evaluating images of suspicious skin abnormalities.

Journal: Biosensors and Bioelectronics X

Quantum error correction with logical qubits

Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics
Grant and Award Announcement

Due to their error-prone hardware, quantum computers have not yet found practical use. One promising solution is quantum error correction: special methods are used to find and correct errors in the calculations of quantum computers in order to achieve reliable results. In the snaQCs2025 project, neQxt GmbH, Fraunhofer IAF and Point 8 GmbH are working on the coordinated development of quantum error correction methods and quantum algorithms. The project aims at significantly advancing the practical applicability of quantum computers. The project kick-off took place in Cologne on January 14, 2026. The BMFTR is funding snaQCs with €2.5 million over three years.

Funder: German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space BMFTR

Rice establishes Global Brain Economy Initiative in Davos, aligned with new report on brain health and AI

Rice University
Business Announcement

Rice University launched the Global Brain Economy Initiative Jan. 21 during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

New journal section tackles AI, ethics, and digital health communication

CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) is pleased to announce the launch of AI, Health, and Digital Spaces, a new section of the peer-reviewed Journal of Health Communication, International Perspectives. The section responds to the growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital platforms on how health information is created, shared, and understood, and marks an important step forward in advancing scholarship at the intersection of technology and public health communication.

Journal: Journal of Health Communication

Turning industrial exhaust into useful materials with a new electrode

American Chemical Society
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Flue gas is exhausted from home furnaces, fireplaces and even industrial plants, and it carries polluting carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the atmosphere. To help mitigate these emissions, researchers reporting in ACS Energy Letters have designed a specialized electrode that captures airborne CO₂ and directly converts it into a useful chemical material called formic acid. The system performed better than existing electrodes in tests with simulated flue gas and at ambient CO₂ concentrations.

Journal: ACS Energy Letters

ORNL to partner with Type One Energy, UT on world-class facility to validate next-gen fusion

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Type One Energy and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT), are partnering to establish a world-class high-heat flux (HHF) facility to evaluate how materials react under extreme conditions in a fusion device. The HHF facility will accelerate the development of plasma-facing components (PFCs), which experience the harshest operational conditions in fusion energy devices, and enable both private and public entities to qualify and validate the materials used in fusion pilot plant designs.

University of Bonn opens its own supermarket

University of Bonn
Business Announcement

The University of Bonn has opened its own supermarket, in which pineapples, canned tomatoes, and toast are neatly lined up on black shelves. The space measuring 55 square meters (approx. 600 square feet) has pretty much everything you’d need in everyday life. The ‘clientele’, however, is very special: they are subjects participating in scientific studies. Here, researchers from the fields of food and resource economics, psychology, economics, and behavioral science are investigating how health- and sustainability-oriented purchases can be encouraged, for example, through product placement and other incentives. Robots are also demonstrating their capabilities here.