6-Oct-2025 Breast cancer facts that could save your life University of Texas at Arlington October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to spotlight a disease that will affect hundreds of thousands of Americans this year. In the U.S., a new case of breast cancer is diagnosed about every two minutes, with more than 317,000 women and 2,800 men expected to receive the diagnosis in 2025, according to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Journal Geriatric Nursing
3-Oct-2025 Q and A with breast cancer expert Carmen Calfa University of Miami Miller School of Medicine A breast oncologist and researcher, Carmen Calfa, M.D., is driven not only to solve clinical problems and improve treatments, but also to advocate for the emotional needs of her patients and their families. In her interrelated roles at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Dr. Calfa supports everyone from “previvors” — people with a high risk of developing cancer because of genetic mutations — to people who are decades into survivorship.
3-Oct-2025 The moon’s craters like you’ve never seen before University of Texas at Arlington The University of Texas at Arlington is teaming up with NASA to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night this Saturday, Oct. 4. At the free event, held in the UTA Observatory from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m., visitors will be able to examine the moon, talk to astronomy experts, and take pictures through a 16-inch scientific-grade telescope.
3-Oct-2025 EU 'people data' project to help Ukrainian refugees integrate in Ireland UCD Research & Innovation New EU Social Innovation+ pilot project launched in Co Kildare, Ireland, to explore practical approaches to refugee integration using ethical ‘people data’ platform Pairity.
3-Oct-2025 An out of this world opportunity University of Pittsburgh Through a partnership with the University of Pittsburgh’s NSF Center for Space, High-Performance & Resilient Computing (SHREC) and Lockheed Martin, two undergraduates engineering students at Pitt had a unique opportunity to develop and deploy applications to a satellite in geosynchronous orbit (GEO), 22,236 miles above the earth.
2-Oct-2025 New imaging method helps immune cells zero in on cancer University of Florida Scientists are testing nanoparticle imaging to monitor how immune cells target and attack cancer. Funder NIH/National Cancer Institute
2-Oct-2025 It’s a new era for knee replacements and other joint surgeries Mayo Clinic ot so long ago, undergoing a total hip or knee replacement and recovery was a grueling and often painful ordeal. While these are still major surgeries, new techniques and technologies are redefining them — and improving people's outcomes, explains Dr. Brandon Bukowski, an orthopedic surgeon at the Mayo Clinic Health System.
2-Oct-2025 Power-outage exercises strengthen resilience of U.S. military bases MIT Lincoln Laboratory Now mandated by law, Lincoln Laboratory's blackout drills are improving national security and ensuring mission readiness for over 33 installations.
2-Oct-2025 Forming bonds between chemical and sustainability engineering University of Rochester The University of Rochester’s 110-year-old chemical engineering department recently changed its name to the Department of Chemical and Sustainability Engineering, signaling the disciplines are closely intertwined and central to delivering affordable, reliable, and secure technologies with lower impacts on air, water, land, and communities. Funder DOE/US Department of Energy
2-Oct-2025 Could this year’s drought dull fall foliage viewing? You may be surprised University of New Hampshire Fall is in the air and thoughts turn to pumpkins, cider and brightly colored leaves. According to experts at the University of New Hampshire’s Extension, despite drought conditions in the Northeast there should be plenty of leaf peeping opportunities this year, it is just happening a little earlier.
