14-Oct-2025 How two PhD students fixed the focus on the James Webb Space Telescope University of Sydney Two students have engineered a fix to improve the imaging from the James Webb Space Telescope interferometer. They did this without having to launch a space mission - like NASA did to fix imaging on the Hubble in the 1990s. The two are so thrilled, they've had tattoos inked on their arms of the 'non redundant mask' they have provided a fix for. Journal Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia Funder Australian Research Council, Big Questions Institute, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, National Research Council Canada, U.S. National Science Foundation, NASA Headquarters
14-Oct-2025 A phone book-sized surgical kit designed for the world’s most extreme environments Texas A&M University A portable pack brings the operating room directly to the patient — enabling lifesaving surgery in military, disaster, wilderness and humanitarian care missions. Journal Annals of Emergency Medicine
14-Oct-2025 Two UTA professors earn top UT Regents’ teaching honor University of Texas at Arlington Two University of Texas at Arlington faculty members—Karen Magruder and Mohsen Shahandashti—have been named recipients of the 2025 UT Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards, one of the highest honors for educators in the UT System. The awards celebrate faculty whose innovation, mentorship, and classroom excellence make a lasting impact on students.
14-Oct-2025 UC San Diego launches nonpartisan center to build trust in US elections University of California - San Diego The University of California San Diego has received a grant for nearly $2.5 million from the Election Trust Initiative to launch the Center for Transparent and Trusted Elections, a new nonpartisan research hub dedicated to strengthening public confidence in U.S. elections.
14-Oct-2025 Innovation in epilepsy care: Alternatives to medication seek to reset, repair brain, expert explains Mayo Clinic Medication has long been the cornerstone of treatment for people with epilepsy, but it doesn't stop seizures for everyone and may come with significant side effects. New options in use or under development include devices and gene and cell therapies aimed at resetting or rehabilitating the brain circuits that cause seizures, explains Dr. Jonathon Parker, a neurosurgeon at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix and director of the Device-Based Neuroelectronics Research Lab.
13-Oct-2025 New Penn Nursing Video Series: Spotlight on Nursing Science University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing PHILADELPHIA (October 13, 2025) –Penn Nursing has unveiled a new, ambitious nursing science video series, Nurse-led, Evidence-Driven, Future Focused, an eight-part digital showcase celebrating the cutting-edge research and global influence of its faculty. The series aims to bring the dynamic, innovative science that defines modern nursing to a wider audience.
13-Oct-2025 Universities launch consortium for enhancing resilience and catastrophe modeling Lehigh University Lehigh University and Rice University have launched a bold new initiative—the Consortium for Enhancing Resilience and Catastrophe Modeling (CERCat)—bringing together researchers, industry leaders and public-sector innovators to advance the science of catastrophe modeling and transform how communities prepare for and respond to disasters.
10-Oct-2025 Rice hosts ARPA-H summit on future of implantable biohybrid devices Rice University Rice hosted the second Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health Biohybrid Devices Summit Sept. 25-26 in Houston to support research and translation in implantable devices that function as “living pharmacies.”
10-Oct-2025 In a world first, autonomous robot glider to circle the globe in historic ocean mission Rutgers University Guided by the rhythms of the sea and the promise of discovery, Teledyne Marine and Rutgers University will set Redwing, an autonomous underwater vehicle, on its journey on Friday, Oct. 10, leading to its launch into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. The launch marks the beginning of a five-year mission for the Teledyne “Redwing,” the most advanced commercial subsea glider ever developed, to become the first underwater robot to circumnavigate the globe.
10-Oct-2025 Museum helps university celebrate 150 years of chemistry University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati's Oesper Collections is nationally recognized for its scientific artifacts, books, journals, photos and prints related to the history of chemistry. The museum is helping UC celebrate 150 years of chemistry education.
