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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 15-Dec-2025 12:11 ET (15-Dec-2025 17:11 GMT/UTC)

15-Dec-2025

New white paper analyzes U.S. vaccine safety monitoring system

Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Reports and Proceedings

In an Annenberg Public Policy Center white paper, biostatistician Jeffrey Morris of the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine analyzes the U.S. vaccine safety monitoring system and suggests how its components, including VAERS, can be improved.

15-Dec-2025

Cleveland researchers launch first major study to address ‘hidden performance killer’ in athletes

Case Western Reserve University
Business Announcement

Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals announced the launch of the first large-scale collaborative study focused on onychomycosis, a chronic fungal infection of the nails, among athletes.

15-Dec-2025

Penn and UMich create world’s smallest programmable, autonomous robots

University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots: microscopic swimming machines that can independently sense and respond to their surroundings, operate for months and cost just a penny each. Barely visible to the naked eye, the robots are smaller than grains of salt and could advance medicine, manufacturing and more.

Journal: Science Robotics
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, University of Pennsylvania, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Army Research Office, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office, Fujitsu

15-Dec-2025

Researchers show visual training dramatically improves cognitive function after concussion

University of California - San Diego
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study led by scientists at UC San Diego and Perception Dynamics Institute shows a visual training method called PATH can rapidly sharpen attention, memory and reading after concussion—and functional brain imaging scans confirm the improvement. Researchers say PATH beat standard therapies and are now launching a larger clinical trial.

Journal: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, Department of Veterans' Affairs

15-Dec-2025

Project explores barriers to NHS career progression facing international medical graduates

University of Plymouth
Grant and Award Announcement

A three-year project, led by the University of Plymouth and funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), is exploring why some international medical graduates see their careers blossom once they start working in the NHS while others do not. The ‘SUP IMG’ project started this summer, building on research carried out for the General Medical Council which found that less than 5% of graduates who complete their training overseas join specialist or GP registers on arrival, and few – 11.6% within five years and 27.2% within 10 years – go on to become consultants or GPs. By contrast, around 75% of UK graduates become consultants or GPs over the same timeframe.

Funder: National Institute for Health Research

15-Dec-2025

Jeonbuk National University researchers explore the impact of different seasonings on the flavor perception of Doenjang soup

Jeonbuk National University, Sustainable Strategy team, Planning and Coordination Division
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Doenjang, a traditional Korean fermented soybean paste, contains natural umami and kokumi-active compounds. A new study from Jeonbuk National University found that monosodium glutamate (MSG) and nucleotide-based seasonings affect doenjang soup differently. Nucleotides mainly boost umami, while MSG strongly enhances both umami and kokumi, resulting in higher consumer acceptance.

Journal: Food Quality and Preference

15-Dec-2025

Two Keck Medicine of USC Hospitals named Leapfrog Top Teaching Hospitals

University of Southern California - Health Sciences
Business Announcement

Two Keck Medicine of USC hospitals – USC Norris Cancer Hospital and Keck Hospital of USC – have each received a Top Teaching Hospital award for outstanding achievement in patient safety and quality from The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit national watchdog organization. It is the first time two hospitals within the health system have received this honor simultaneously.