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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 30-Oct-2026 16:16 ET (30-Oct-2026 20:16 GMT/UTC)

30-Jun-2026

Vacancy-guided dual sites help turn CO2 into ethylene with sunlight

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A schematic illustration showing how sulfur vacancies in Zn-doped CuInS₂redistribute electrons toward Zn sites and create cooperative Cu-Zn dual sites. CO₂ is asymmetrically adsorbed through Cu-C and Zn-O interactions, leading to molecular bending, enhanced activation, and promoted C-C coupling toward ethylene formation.

Journal: Chinese Journal of Catalysis

30-Jun-2026

Uncovering gene-based clues to how disrupted healing in stomach cells increases cancer risk

The Hospital for Sick Children
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research from SickKids shows that when the stomach’s natural regeneration process stalls it creates conditions that, combined with certain genetic variants, heighten the risk of gastric cancer.

Journal: Developmental Cell

30-Jun-2026

MASTER validates XR platform and training content for robotics education and industrial training

European Science Communication Institute gGmbH
Reports and Proceedings

The EU-funded MASTER project (Mixed Reality Ecosystem for Teaching Robotics in Manufacturing) has successfully completed the validation of its extended reality (XR) Platform and training content, demonstrating the potential of immersive technologies to transform robotics education and industrial training.

Funder: HORIZON EUROPE Digital

30-Jun-2026

MASTER's second Open Call projects complete their execution phase, delivering new XR and robotics training solutions

European Science Communication Institute gGmbH
Business Announcement

The 24 projects selected under the EU-funded research project MASTER's second Open Call have completed their execution phase. This marks an important milestone in the expansion of the MASTER ecosystem for XR-based robotics training.

Funder: HORIZON EUROPE Digital

30-Jun-2026

University of Manchester research supports major WHO update on global air pollution

University of Manchester
Reports and Proceedings

A researcher from The University of Manchester has contributed to a major World Health Organization (WHO) update revealing that global progress on reducing air pollution has slowed, with low- and middle-income countries continuing to face the greatest risks.

30-Jun-2026

Artificial intelligence could transform breast cancer detection and recurrence prediction

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY — June 30, 2026 — A new review was published in Volume 13 of Oncoscience on May 19, 2026, titled “Enhancing breast cancer detection with AI for early diagnosis and recurrence prediction.”

Journal: Oncoscience

30-Jun-2026

Using brain technology, awareness is detected in unresponsive patients

University of Bath
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new approach using repeated assessments to identify signs of hidden awareness in people who cannot speak or move after severe brain injury has been demonstrated by researchers at the University of Bath in the UK.

Journal: Communications Medicine
Funder: UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

30-Jun-2026

SwRI selected by DOE as Hydropower Testing Network provider

Southwest Research Institute
Grant and Award Announcement

SAN ANTONIO — June 30, 2026 — Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydropower Testing Network (HyTN) as a testing provider to help the industry develop and demonstrate new technologies.

30-Jun-2026

Research Enhancement Program: AI training shaped by teachers

University of Texas at Arlington
Grant and Award Announcement

The project aims to help teachers make thoughtful and effective decisions about using artificial intelligence (AI) in K-12 classrooms. Professor Lauren Weisberg will work directly with local teachers through a series of virtual co-design workshops to learn how they are currently using AI, what opportunities and challenges they see, and what kinds of support they need to integrate AI into their teaching.