12-Jun-2025 Q&A: Has nature always been strange? The ‘eco-weird’ unmakes the familiar Penn State Tentacles reaching from the deep. Dark mold overtaking walls. A familiar forest suddenly becoming strange and threatening. These elements in literature, film and games define the “eco-weird,” a term coined by Penn State philosopher Brian Onishi to describe an emerging genre focused on the strangeness that can emerge from the ambiguity of the environment and humans’ experience of and relationship to it. Onishi explained in the following Q&A what the eco-weird is and how it may help individuals build resiliency in a changing world.
12-Jun-2025 Imunotera: Therapeutic vaccine for diseases caused by HPV Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo With support from FAPESP, the São Paulo startup has developed a molecule that can stimulate the immune system to fight cancer caused by the human papillomavirus; the technology will be presented at the VivaTech fair in Paris. Funder Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
12-Jun-2025 Holiday heart: The overindulgences during festival season that put even healthy people at risk Mayo Clinic Festival season can be surprisingly physically demanding. Hours spent standing, walking or dancing can put extra strain on the heart, especially for those with preexisting conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure or diabetes, explains Gosia Wamil, M.D., Ph.D., a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London.
12-Jun-2025 Infinite Martian mudslides in a Dutch airplane Utrecht University When we send a rover to Mars, a Martian mudslide or landslide could bring a sudden end to years of hard work and investments. Scientists are therefore eager for more detailed knowledge about the nature of these landslides. But Martian gravity is much lower than Earth’s, and we don’t know how that affects mudslides on Mars. In a world-premiere experiment together with Delft University of Technology, earth scientist Dr Lonneke Roelofs is investigating how a Martian mudslide would behave under lower-gravity conditions.
12-Jun-2025 UTA student, Army vet begins mission to teach University of Texas at Arlington As the Army celebrates its 250th anniversary on Saturday, it's fitting to highlight The University of Texas at Arlington's nationally recognized Military and Veteran Services office that serves more than 5,000 military-connected students. One of those students is Army veteran Rafael Renteria. At age 52, Renteria has found a new mission: teaching the next generation.
12-Jun-2025 ‘I get to love you with two hearts now’: Chicago mom thriving after complex double-organ transplant University of Chicago Medical Center Laura Valentine had a heart that didn't work properly on the wrong side of her body, but a "metropolis" of experts came together to give her a new heart and liver. Less than a year later, she's already running 5K races and working on a doctoral degree.
12-Jun-2025 FERRO Project marks one year of advancing lake restoration solutions across Europe Pensoft Publishers Eutrophication, driven by excessive phosphorus and nitrogen inputs from diverse sources including agricultural runoff, wastewater discharge, urban stormwater, and atmospheric deposition, remains one of the most pressing threats to freshwater ecosystems. It leads to algal blooms, oxygen depletion, and biodiversity loss in lakes and reservoirs across Europe. Tackling this challenge is at the heart of the FERRO project (Fostering European Lakes Restoration by Nutrient Removal, Recovery and Reuse: Integrated Catchment and In-lake Scale Approach), which launched in June 2024.
11-Jun-2025 NRL protects naval assets: land, sea, and air Naval Research Laboratory WASHINGTON, D.C. — The relentless assault of salt-laden sea spray generated by coastal wave action poses a significant and persistent threat to the integrity of Department of Defense (DoD) assets located near shorelines.
11-Jun-2025 Cor.Sync: Brazilian device provides innovative heart attack diagnosis Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo The system, developed by the FAPESP-supported startup, performs an assessment in eight minutes, drastically reducing the time needed to save lives; the technology will be presented at VivaTech in Paris.
11-Jun-2025 ETSU: Prepare for another toasty summer East Tennessee State University ETSU’s Climate Office is urging Southern Appalachian communities to prepare for a hotter-than-average summer, with forecasts showing elevated temperatures and potential severe storms.
