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2-Oct-2025

WindSTAR receives NSF grant to power AI research projects

University of Texas at Dallas
Grant and Award Announcement

The University of Texas at Dallas has received continuing federal support for the Center for Wind Energy Science, Technology and Research (WindSTAR), a public-private research partnership designed to develop solutions for energy independence and reliability.

WindSTAR, which is run by UT Dallas and the University of Massachusetts Lowell, recently received a five-year, $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), which has supported WindSTAR since it was founded in 2014.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

1-Oct-2025

Could a fungus provide a blueprint for next-gen hydrogels?

University of Utah
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Utah engineering researchers demonstrate structural and mechanical properties in the mycelium of a common soil mold that show promise in biomedical applications.

Journal: JOM
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, American Chemical Society

1-Oct-2025

‘Future-guided’ AI improves seizure prediction

University of California - Santa Cruz
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Engineers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, developed a new method for time series forecasting, powered by deep learning, that can improve its predictions based on data from the near future. When they applied this approach to the critical task of seizure prediction using brain wave data, they found that their strategy offers up to 44.8% improved performance for predicting seizures compared to baseline methods.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

1-Oct-2025

CATNIP for chemists: New data-driven tool broadens access to greener chemistry

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Michigan and Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a new tool that makes greener chemistry more accessible.

Journal: Nature
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

1-Oct-2025

Quantum leap: Entangled states enhance energy transfer in models of molecular systems

Rice University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study from Rice University, published in PRX Quantum Oct. 1, 2025, has found that energy transfers more quickly between molecular sites when it starts in an entangled, delocalized quantum state instead of from a single site. The discovery could lead to the development of more efficient light-harvesting materials that enhance the conversion of energy from light into other forms of energy.

Journal: PRX Quantum
Funder: Welch Foundation, Office of Naval Research, U.S. National Science Foundation, Army Research Office, Office of Naval Research

30-Sep-2025

University of Miami scientists launch accessible global climate modeling framework

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of researchers at the University of Miami has developed a global atmospheric modeling framework that blends powerful research capabilities with accessibility for students and scientists alike. Written entirely in Python, a high-level, general-purpose programming language, and designed to run on an interactive Jupyter Notebook, the new tool removes longstanding technical barriers, allowing anyone with a standard laptop to explore cutting-edge climate experiments.

Journal: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Funder: NOAA, U.S. National Science Foundation

30-Sep-2025

Scientists uncover room-temperature route to improved light-harvesting and emission devices

Rice University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of researchers from Rice and collaborators have found a way to make two different phonons in thin films of lead halide perovskite interact with light so strongly that they merge into entirely new hybrid states of matter.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: U.S. Army Research Office, W. M. Keck Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Welch Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, U.S. National Science Foundation, Singapore Ministry of Education

30-Sep-2025

Core electron bonding may not always require extreme pressure, study finds

University at Buffalo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University at Buffalo researchers are theorizing that core electron bonding may not always require as much pressure as previously thought. In fact, for some elements, it may only take the atmospheric pressure you’re experiencing right now on the Earth’s surface.

Journal: JACS
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

30-Sep-2025

What helps fuel children’s ambitions to become political leaders? Their sense that they will be supported

New York University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a study of 5- to 11-year-olds in the United States and China, the authors found that children’s belief that their family and friends would support their pursuit of political leadership as adults predicted their expressed motivation to become political leaders—specifically, “president” for children in the US and “chairman” for children in China. In both countries, this relationship was particularly strong for girls compared to boys.

Journal: Journal of Experimental Psychology General
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, NIH/National Institutes of Health

29-Sep-2025

A new era in ASU X-ray science officially begins

Arizona State University

Scientists have successfully completed a series of commissioning experiments to solve their very first protein structure on a one-of-a-kind X-ray instrument: the compact X-ray light source. This marks a major milestone in the opening of what promises to be the dawn of a new era of scientific discovery and its downstream applications to improve the health and well-being of society.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation