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2-Sep-2025

Altmetric adds Sentiment Analysis to social media tracking

Altmetric has introduced a new AI-powered sentiment analysis feature, providing research teams with deeper insights into the public response and impact of their work on selected social media platforms.

2-Sep-2025

Deforestation accounts for 74% of rainfall reduction and 16% of temperature increase in the Amazon during the dry season, study says

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

For the first time, research led by scientists at the University of São Paulo quantifies the impact of forest loss and global climate change on the biome.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

2-Sep-2025

Penn engineers unveil generative AI model that designs new antibiotics

University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using the same technology that AI uses to generate images, Penn researchers created thousands of antibiotic candidates, with two proving as effective in animal models as FDA-approved drugs.

Journal: Cell Biomaterials
Funder: Hartwell Foundation, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Procter and Gamble, United Therapeutics Corporation, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, American Institute of Chemical Engineers

2-Sep-2025

BSC creates a computational method that reveals previously hidden connections between diseases

Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers observed positive interactions, in which one disease favours the onset of another, such as between asthma and Parkinson's disease; and negative interactions, in which some groups of patients with one disease may be protected from developing others, such as between cancer and Huntington's disease.

BSC has developed a publicly accessible interactive platform that visualises the network of connections between diseases and proposes previously undescribed interactions, such as those between Down syndrome and lupus, thus opening the door to new therapeutic strategies.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

2-Sep-2025

SwRI develops more precise, efficient ballistic testing methodology

Southwest Research Institute

SAN ANTONIO — September 2, 2025 — Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has expanded the scope of a ballistic-resistance testing technique, the Laser-Induced Particle Impact Test (LIPIT), previously only applicable for impact testing of very small projectiles. By improving this technique, SwRI has dramatically increased the precision and efficiency of material ballistic resistance testing at scales not possible before.

2-Sep-2025

FAU Engineering awarded USDA grant for smart farming breakthrough

Florida Atlantic University
Grant and Award Announcement

This groundbreaking, multi-institutional research project is aimed at revolutionizing the future of precision agriculture through the development of an advanced edge/fog computing-based framework.

2-Sep-2025

New research identifies a natural guardian of blood vessel health

MDI Biological Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Summary/Description (1–2 sentences):
An international research team led by MDI Biological Laboratory has discovered that a little-known molecule, heparanase 2 (Hpa2), plays a critical role in maintaining blood vessel integrity. Published in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, the findings suggest Hpa2 may provide a natural mechanism to prevent and treat diseases linked to vascular leakiness, including diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.

Journal: Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
Funder: Scott MacKenzie Foundation, German Research Foundation (DFG), NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences