19-Oct-2026 Rethinking Parkinson’s gait rehabilitation through wearable sensing and virtual reality Lehigh University Lehigh University College of Health Professor Rui Hua is combining virtual reality, wearable technology and community partnerships to improve mobility for patients living with Parkinson’s disease.
19-Oct-2026 Evan Guerra wants to make scents of the data University of Illinois School of Information Sciences Evan Guerra, a PhD student at the University of Illinois, is working to digitize smell the way an .MP3 flle digitizes sound or a .JPEG digitizes images. His work has applications in industry, medicine, and beyond.
19-Oct-2026 Can we detect harmful AI before it’s too late? Researchers search for warning signs Georgia Institute of Technology A Georgia Tech Ph.D. student is investigating whether internal signals in large language models could help identify harmful behavior before it reaches users.
18-Oct-2026 New computational framework could help untangle Alzheimer’s disease The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Alzheimer’s disease may not be a single, uniform condition, but a complex disorder shaped by different combinations of cognitive symptoms, brain changes, biology, genetics, and risk factors. Researchers propose using advanced computational modelling to bring these different layers together and build a more complete profile of each patient. The approach could eventually support more personalized diagnosis, better patient stratification, and treatments tailored to the processes driving disease in each individual. Journal Brain
16-Oct-2026 Science consortium plots strategy to mine data from NASA’s newest space telescope University of California - Berkeley Originally conceived as a dark energy mission by UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab scientists, NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will soon begin its mission to map the infrared universe. Plans to make the data immediately available online spurred two astronomers — from UC Berkeley and Ohio State — to form a consortium to parcel out the data in the most efficient way to maximize the scientific potential of the telescope to discover exoplanets, map the evolution of dark energy and more.
16-Oct-2026 RTX support fuels expansion of Invention Convention Florida at University of South Florida through Invention Convention Worldwide University of South Florida Invention Convention Florida at the University of South Florida (ICF@USF) has received a transformational award from Invention Convention Worldwide, a program of The Henry Ford, and made possible through support from RTX, one of the world’s largest aerospace and defense companies. The award will expand invention education opportunities for K-12 students and educators throughout Florida.
16-Oct-2026 Genomic cancer driver study reveals new clues to why some prostate cancers become aggressive Ontario Institute for Cancer Research An international team of researchers co-led by Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and the University of Copenhagen has uncovered new clues about why some prostate cancers grow slowly for years, while others progress quickly to life-threatening metastatic disease. Journal Nature Communications Funder Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
16-Oct-2026 What’s the latest on 7-OH and kratom availability and addiction care? Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan An overview of federal and state policy on kratom and synthetic opioids and how it relates to addiction treatment availability for individuals who have purchased the substances while they were not regulated, and developed substance use disorders related to them.
16-Oct-2026 What land crabs reveal about evolution’s repeats Howard Hughes Medical Institute HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow Victoria Watson-Zink studies land crabs to understand a bigger question: when animals face the same evolutionary challenge, how many different ways can they solve it?
15-Oct-2026 Rice, Houston Methodist and London School of Economics explore digital health collaboration Rice University Rice University and the Houston Methodist Research Institute have signed a memorandum of understanding with LSE Health at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) to explore collaboration on an interdisciplinary training program for future global health care leaders.
