4-Mar-2026 These nurses’ research could help save you or your child’s life University of California - San Francisco As a critical care transport nurse, Charles Hood, RN, CFRN, has rushed hundreds of newborns, children, and teenagers to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals in San Francisco and Oakland for life-saving treatment. He instinctively knows where to find the necessary catheters, medication, and machinery in the cramped aircraft cabin of Bear Force One — UCSF’s Benioff Hospitals’ emergency transport helicopter. When seconds are crucial, he calmly administers complex treatments despite occasional turbulence and monitors his patient’s vital signs as if in a hospital critical care unit. Except his working space is one-tenth the size.
4-Mar-2026 KRICT launches equipment training for Uzbek chemical researchers National Research Council of Science & Technology Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT, President Young-Kuk Lee) announced that it has officially launched a research equipment training program for Uzbekistan researchers under a grant aid project supported by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). The opening ceremony was held on February 23 at KRICT’s Didimdol Plaza, marking the start of the full-scale capacity-building program. Funder Ministry of Science and ICT
4-Mar-2026 Lenovo licenses fast, private image-generation model developed through Surrey collaboration University of Surrey An AI image-generation model that will bring high-quality, private image creation to Lenovo’s upcoming on-device AI has been developed by researchers at the University of Surrey’s Institute for People-Centred AI in collaboration with artificial intelligence company Stability AI. The technology, called Stable Diffusion 3.5 Flash (SD3.5-Flash), enables fast, unlimited text-to-image creation to run directly on consumer devices without relying on cloud connection.
4-Mar-2026 Light in the forest University of Texas at Austin An international science team used supercomputer simulations to model forest population dynamics of tree diversity in tropical forests. The researchers hope their work will help support forest management efforts and aid in conservation. Journal Journal of Ecology
4-Mar-2026 A spatial cell atlas of the spinal cord reveals new clues to chronic pain Howard Hughes Medical Institute A team led by HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow Shan Meltzer has created a detailed, cell-by-cell map of the spinal cord that offers a new framework for understanding chronic pain and provides a powerful new resource for the field.
4-Mar-2026 Remembering Hertz Fellow and Board Director William Evans (1965-2026) Fannie and John Hertz Foundation The Hertz Foundation, , a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the nation’s most exceptional innovators, mourns the sudden and unexpected passing of Hertz Fellow William Evans, a valued member of our Board of Directors and a deeply respected leader in the national security and scientific research communities.
3-Mar-2026 SPOILER ALERT: What is preeclampsia? Condition killed Shailene Woodley’s character on Paradise American Heart Association Viewers of Hulu’s Emmy-, Golden Globe- and Actor-award nominated show “Paradise” were shocked and saddened by the death of Shailene Woodley’s character, Annie, on Monday night. Woodley’s character, a former medical student pregnant with her first child, suffered from preeclampsia, new-onset high blood pressure that happens during pregnancy.
3-Mar-2026 Bridging the gap: How the University of Utah's StrokeNet is delivering breakthroughs to the mountain west University of Utah Health The University of Utah’s StrokeNet is the Mountain West’s only pipeline for cutting-edge stroke trials, ensuring patients in rural and remote areas have access to the latest treatments.
3-Mar-2026 At Ohio State, the race to reshape emergency rescue tech is on Ohio State University Future engineers are soaring to new heights as they design the next generation of autonomous emergency rescue vehicles.
3-Mar-2026 Students tackle wildlife crime on South African field trip Staffordshire University University of Staffordshire students have been on a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ trip to learn about the role of forensics in combating wildlife crime. 13 (Hons) Forensic Science and BSc (Hons) Forensic Investigation students travelled to the Wildlife Forensic Academy (WFA) in South Africa, where they received specialised training in wildlife forensics to address crimes such as poaching and illegal animal trading. Through lectures, practical sessions and field trips, the group learned about the current global scale of wildlife crime and how to manage, document and recover evidence from crime scenes. Several students also had the opportunity to work on a real case with the WFA’s Dr Greg Simpson and University lecturer Professor Claire Gwinnett.
