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.

A research team at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has found that the area affected by tropical cyclone (TC) rainfall is extending inland along Northern Hemisphere coasts at an average rate of approximately 3.8 kilometres per decade. Driven by rising nearshore sea-surface temperature (SST), this shift is increasing disaster risks for inland regions.

Staff and alumni gathered on Sept. 23 to celebrate a special birthday — the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), one of the DOE’s 17 national laboratories.

The composition of mollusk microbiomes depend more on who they're related to than the environment they live in, according to University of Michigan researchers, who say that this information could help conservation efforts for mollusks.

University of Missouri astronomer Haojing Yan is leading 130 researchers from 62 institutions to capture one of the deepest and widest views of the early universe ever made. Using NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and 386 hours of observation time, the team will study early galaxies, giant black holes and other cosmic mysteries to better understand how the universe evolved — and potentially uncover discoveries scientists haven’t yet imagined.

Tissue-friendly electrodes, developed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden, are now undergoing clinical trials at Skåne University Hospital. Using 30 electrodes, each thinner than a strand of hair, the researchers aim to investigate the possibility of more precise stimulation and mapping of the brain prior to deep brain stimulation (DBS).

Brian W. Noehren, Ph.D., associate dean for research in the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences and director of the Biomotion Laboratory, was recently awarded two separate grants from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the War Department to advance the science of injury recovery. Although the studies focus on different areas of the leg — knee arthritis and ankle fractures — they are united by a common goal: improving the “health span” and quality of life for Kentuckians and beyond.

New small-scale, self sustaining desalination technology created by the WaterSmart Farms project offers a solution to water scarcity issues in remote and rural Austalia.