Scientists at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST; Saudi Arabia) have uncovered a critical molecular cause keeping aqueous rechargeable batteries from becoming a safer, economical option for sustainable energy storage. Their findings reveal how water compromises battery life and performance and how the addition of affordable salts – such as zinc sulfate – mitigates this issue, even increasing the battery lifespan by more than ten times.

Naloxone (also known as Narcan, the commonly used drug to treat narcotic overdoses) has greater binding to opioid receptors in women’s brains than in men’s brains, according to new research published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The first-in-human whole-body PET study suggests men and women may respond differently to opioid use disorder treatments and offers new insights to advance neuropharmacology. 

A research project explored the efficacy of a virtual mental health intervention that aims to train teachers in Ukraine on how to support the mental health needs of their students and their families. The program, called Psychosocial Support for Educators, was evaluated in a research project that involved more than 880 teachers in three combat areas within Ukraine. The Ukrainian NGO Smart Osvita, which co-developed the program with psychologists at Zhytomyr Ivan Franko State University in Ukraine, collaborated with researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the U.S., the global nonprofit Americares and the Open University in the United Kingdom on the research project. Americares commissioned the study, which was funded by the Cencora Impact Foundation.

Researchers from Columbia Engineering have established a framework for the design of bioactive injectable hydrogels formulated with extracellular vesicles (EVs) for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications.