1-Oct-2025 Is there anybody out there? Georgia State University Georgia State researchers are joining a bold global mission: to build a revolutionary telescope that could detect life beyond our solar system. An "audacious" leap that might change how we see our place in the universe.
1-Oct-2025 Features on asteroid visited by SwRI-led Lucy spacecraft given official names Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO — October 1, 2025 — Surface features on asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson, as identified by the Southwest Research Institute-led Lucy Mission, have been given official names by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The surface features of the carbonaceous asteroid will be named for significant paleoanthropological sites and discoveries. The NASA Lucy spacecraft flew past the asteroid on April 20, 2025.
1-Oct-2025 PolyU researchers develop underground utilities inspection technologies to locate invisible water pipe leakages and voids The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Proper maintenance of underground infrastructure is crucial for a city’s sustainable development. However, with its high-density underground utilities, such maintenance work is particularly challenging in Hong Kong. A research team from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has leveraged advanced underground exploration technologies to develop underground utilities inspection systems that support early detection of urban infrastructure anomalies, including voids and pipe leakages, for enhanced urban management.
1-Oct-2025 Proven: Cereal plants absorb nanoplastics Graz University of Technology Using an advanced method, researchers at TU Graz and the Centre for Electron Microscopy have detected plastic in the roots of wheat plants. Whether the particles reach the ears of grain will be shown by further tests. Funder Austrian Cooperative Research
1-Oct-2025 Transport and mobility challenges facing older people Aberystwyth How important is mobility to our health and wellbeing in later life? How safe are older people on the road? Should drivers have a driving or medical test when they reach a certain age? If older people give up driving, how do they get around?
1-Oct-2025 Pioneering environmental sensors installed on Scotland’s oldest steamship University of Stirling The sensors onboard the Sir Walter Scott steamship, on Loch Katrine in the Trossachs, form part of the Forth Environmental Resilience Array (Forth-ERA) - a first of its kind digital observatory of the Firth of Forth's entire water catchment - allowing researchers to collect real-time data on water quality.
30-Sep-2025 The elephant in the classroom: Why children need more male teachers University of South Australia Ahead of World Teachers’ Day, education experts at the University of South Australia are calling for urgent action to counteract gender stereotypes and bring more men into early childhood education.
30-Sep-2025 new educational video series demonstrates symptoms of agitation in Alzheimer’s dementia The Gerontological Society of America The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) has released a new educational video series on Agitation in Alzheimer’s dementia (AAD), one of the most common and disturbing behavioral symptoms of Alzheimer’s dementia. Funder Otsuka America, Lundbeck
30-Sep-2025 Ask an Expert: What happens during a government shutdown? Penn State The U.S. government faces a shutdown on Oct. 1 unless Congress passes a spending bill to keep the government funded. Ed Jenkins, professor of practice in accounting at Penn State, explains in the Q&A below what a government shutdown is and what it means for American citizens and residents who rely on services like Medicare and Social Security.
30-Sep-2025 NCSA’s Delta Assists potential staph infection breakthrough National Center for Supercomputing Applications Atomic simulations on Delta uncovered new revelations on the bond strength of Staphylococcus aureus to human skin.
