3-Dec-2025 Armenian professor calls for NIPT coverage in state insurance to improve child health BGI Genomics In Armenia, outdated diagnostic systems lead to 90% of amniocentesis procedures being unnecessary, forcing many pregnant women to undergo invasive tests and bear avoidable physical and financial stress. Dr. Karine Tokhunts, Professor at Yerevan State Medical University and President of the Armenian Association of Obstetric and Gynecological Ultrasound, urges the Armenian government to cover Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) in national health insurance as a standard prenatal screening.
3-Dec-2025 50 years of service: SWORPS builds brighter futures for Tennessee families University of Tennessee at Knoxville This year marks the 50th anniversary of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Social Work Office of Research and Public Service. For decades, SWORPS has improved the lives of Tennessee families through research-driven solutions, strategic partnerships, and a dedication to community well-being.
3-Dec-2025 Aggie-feed: Utah State University researchers introduce healthier alternative to antibiotics in livestock production Utah State University Takemoto and Chang of Utah State University, in collaboration with Yuan-Yu Lin of National Taiwan University, report a natural alternative rising from the long-known, anti-inflammatory substance biliverdin, which could promote better gastrointestinal health in livestock while reducing reliance on antibiotics.
2-Dec-2025 Vaccinated teens face lower risk of long COVID, study suggests Mass General Brigham Mass General Brigham researchers found that the risk of long COVID was 36% lower in vaccinated participants compared to never-vaccinated participants. This was based on our analysis of the 1,231 adolescents included in a matched cohort (507 unvaccinated and 724 vaccinated). The findings were similar after adjusting for caregiver education level, COVID variant and residence in a medically underserved area, all of which were potential confounders in the study. Journal Vaccine
2-Dec-2025 Nobel Prize-winning metal-organic frameworks are the jungle gyms of chemistry University of California - San Diego Metal-organic frameworks hold great promise: extracting water from air, degrading toxic chemicals and even capturing air pollution. They are so fantastic, their development won this year's Nobel Prize. UC San Diego Professor of Chemistry Seth Cohen answers everyone's burning question: what are they exactly?
2-Dec-2025 From fireflies to medical treatments: CU Denver’s Chemistry Nanomedicine Lab turns bright ideas into life saving solutions University of Colorado Denver A small university lab Colorado is doing big work: developing a “Surgical GPS” to guide cancer removal, engineering a therapeutic contact lens to prevent blindness, and creating a rapid-diagnostic device to detect sepsis. Funder NIH/National Institutes of Health
2-Dec-2025 Trying to move more? Expert explains the benefits of counting steps Mayo Clinic You may have heard about the health benefits of tracking your steps. But what is the right number of steps? Are some types of stepping better for you than others? Mackenzie Long, a personal trainer in physical therapy and sports medicine at the Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse and Onalaska, Wisconsin, explains.
2-Dec-2025 Modeling the marine carbon cycle University of Oldenburg Sinikka Lennartz, a junior professor of biogeochemical ocean modelling at the University of Oldenburg in northern Germany, has won several prestigious awards this year. She specialises in the marine carbon cycle. In recent years, she has made significant progress in understanding and quantifying two processes by which the ocean affects the climate system that have not been widely researched. Journal Global Biogeochemical Cycles Funder Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur
1-Dec-2025 Cal Poly kinesiology and public health professor advocates for cross-cultural learning California Polytechnic State University Cal Poly Kinesiology and Public Health Department Professor Joni Roberts shares her thoughts on differences between learning in California and Africa. Roberts is spending the year in Malawi, Africa on a Fulbright Program fellowship. In her Ed Source article titled "What California’s college students can learn from foreign countries’ educational cultures" she writes: "Structure is cultural. When we impose our rhythms abroad, we risk missing the deeper experience of connection and reciprocity that global learning can offer."
1-Dec-2025 'Periodic table' for AI methods aims to drive innovation Emory University Physicists develop a new framework for deriving algorithms for AI systems. Journal Journal of Machine Learning
