The current network of marine protected areas is insufficient to guarantee the protection of seabirds in Spanish waters. The Northern Gannet, Cory’s Shearwater and Bulwer’s petrel are the seabirds most at risk of encountering the areas identified for the installation of offshore wind farms. Cory’s shearwaters, both the Balearic and the Mediterranean subspecies, face the highest risk of bycatch. Gulls, terns, and the European storm petrel are the species most exposed to incidents involving aquaculture installations, especially off the coasts of Pontevedra, the Ebro Delta, Murcia and Alicante.

David Page, head of the Geographic Data Science Section at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, leads with a focus on judgment, collaboration and empowering teams. Drawing on experience in academia, entrepreneurship and national security science, he has helped advance faster, scalable geospatial analysis while building resilient, forward-looking research teams.

Dr. Irina Timofte, a transplant pulmonologist at UT Southwestern Medical Center, envisioned a new way to protect donor lungs in transport, and she sponsored a University of Texas at Dallas UTDesign Capstone team of engineering students to design and build the device for thoracic organ transportation.

Understanding how we sleep, both in Space and on Earth, is a crucial challenge for human health and performance. This need gave rise to SOMNIIA MONITOR, a project funded by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and coordinated by the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia), which led to the development of an intelligent mask capable of analyzing sleep accurately, simply, and non-invasively.

Supported by the Domestic Preparedness Support Initiative (DPSI), U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) researchers are continuing to advance the Contaminant Transport Analyst (CT-Analyst) by adding plugin support for the Android Tactical Awareness Kit (ATAK), enabling shared situational awareness across first responder communities using a mobile device.

In an era defined by rapid technological change, forward-looking research and strategic talent development are key to maintaining Singapore’s global leadership in semiconductor innovation.

Soft robots with human-like perception can anticipate sensory inputs, detect contact and adapt dynamically, paving the way for applications in autonomous exploration and precision-driven medical procedures.

Driven by a differential series elastic actuator, a novel backsupport exoskeleton aids users during lifting tasks, easing strain without adding muscle activation to the back and legs.

By improving how unmanned ground vehicles see and navigate complex, cluttered construction sites, automation is set to transform tasks like site mapping and monitoring.

Modelled on the neural control systems of animals, a new layered control framework enables legged robots to navigate complex terrains with greater agility and precision.