18-Jan-2026 AIT researchers turn chess moves into 30% more solar power Asian Institute of Technology Studies from the Asian Institute of Technology show how smart design can slash emissions, cut energy costs, and boost renewable power.
18-Jan-2026 ALL ALS Consortium enrolls 1,000th participant Dignity Health Arizona The Access for All in ALS (ALL ALS) Consortium has announced enrollment of its 1,000th participant, marking a major milestone for what is designed to be the largest and most inclusive prospective observational biobanking study in ALS.
16-Jan-2026 Georgetown scientists identify sustainable alternatives for next-generation magnetic technologies Georgetown University Medical Center A team led by Physics professors Kai Liu and Gen Yin and graduate student Willie Beeson (G’25) has discovered a new class of strong magnets that do not rely on rare-earth or precious metals — a breakthrough that could significantly advance clean energy technologies and consumer electronics. Journal Advanced Materials
16-Jan-2026 Turning waste into solutions: AIT maps Southeast Asia’s pollution challenge Asian Institute of Technology From Thailand's textile plants to open waste burning across the region, five studies reveal how discarded resources and hidden pollutants threaten health and ecosystems - and the technologies that can help turn the tide.
16-Jan-2026 Making progress against metastasis Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center While there has been remarkable progress in the number of people surviving with stage 4 cancer, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center remains dedicated to research that will spur much needed advances.
16-Jan-2026 Research Article | A transformer-based multi-feature fusion method for detecting traffic events using Twitter data Big Earth Data A new study published in Big Earth Data demonstrates that integrating Twitter data with deep learning techniques can significantly improve traffic event detection. By combining semantic, spatial, and temporal features of tweets in a transformer-based multi-feature fusion framework, researchers were able to classify traffic incidents more accurately and identify patterns in real-time. The approach achieved up to 7.93% improvement in accuracy for distinguishing traffic incidents from non-traffic content and 6.09% improvement across three traffic-related categories. These findings highlight the potential of social media as a timely, low-cost source of traffic information for faster response and improved transportation management. Journal Big Earth Data
16-Jan-2026 HKUMed pioneers percutaneous balloon compression for managing orofacial pain The University of Hong Kong The pain management teams at the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) and Queen Mary Hospital (QMH) have introduced percutaneous balloon compression (PBC) as a novel treatment option for patients suffering from debilitating chronic facial pain. The teams began performing this sophisticated neuroablative procedure in 2024, and so far, 40 patients have benefitted from this powerful and durable treatment.
16-Jan-2026 Alfred Wegener Institute and University of Bremen now able to continue securing endangered climate and environmental data Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research The Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) and the University of Bremen had already secured extensive data sets from the USA in 2025. The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) has now approved around 860,000 euros in funding to systematically identify, secure and store endangered data over the long term, based on the PANGAEA data platform.
16-Jan-2026 What matters most in wealth management University of Texas at Austin The Langston Wealth Management Center at The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business has announced a strategic partnership with Wealthtender, the nation’s leading independent find-an-adviser directory featuring online reviews of financial advisers. The collaboration will leverage McCombs’ Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA)capstone program to develop the wealth management industry’s first platform to assess the quality of adviser-client relationships and the value advisers deliver beyond portfolio management.
15-Jan-2026 Wilkes Center unveils map tool to model Great Salt Lake dust exposure University of Utah The tool demonstrates why blowing dust from Great Salt Lake is a significant concern, and why lake levels are a major factor in controlling dust. The tool makes the lake’s changing water depth visually interactive, along with the soil erodibility, affected census tracts, and relevant dust sources that can contribute to unhealthy air quality. Funder Utah Department of Natural Resources
