Mounting evidence supports ayahuasca’s potential to improve mental health, but its long-term effects are shaped by both individual mental health history and the context in which the psychedelic is used, according to a study published on April 30, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS Mental Health by Óscar Andión from Research Sherpas, Spain; José Carlos Bouso from the International Centre for Ethnobotanical Education, Research, and Services (ICEERS) and the University of Rovira i Virgili, Spain; Daniel Perkins from the University of Melbourne and Swinburne University; and colleagues.

Baycrest is thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr. Lei Wang as the inaugural Vice-President of Scientific Affairs with Baycrest Academy for Research and Education (BARE).

Following an international search, Dr. Wang will join Baycrest on August 19, 2025 from The Ohio State University’s College of Medicine, where he is a tenured Full Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioural Health, and Neuroscience.

To address critical U.S. Air Force communications needs, FAU engineering’s Center for Connected Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence has received a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense Air Force Research Laboratory to establish the FAU Center of Excellence for Research and Education in Programmable Wireless Networks. The center will serve as a critical hub for innovation in dynamic spectrum operations, secure wireless systems and training the next generation of national defense engineers.

Why are there so few women in leadership positions in Polish ballet? What can be done to change this? A researcher from SWPS University analysed this issue and described her conclusions in a paper published in Research in Dance Education.