In a rare long-term public study that compared the effects of phytochemicals from rosemary and oregano with antibiotic growth promoters, animal scientists with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station found that the natural agents given to weaned pigs supported favorable gut health and growth performance later in their lives by preserving microbial diversity to improve nutrient utilization.

The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) has published a report in the journal BioScience highlighting the winners of its 2025 Faces of Biology Photo Contest. The contest was cosponsored by AIBS and the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB).

NCCN brought together more than a thousand oncology professionals at the NCCN 2026 Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, with hundreds more joining virtually. This year’s event featured educational sessions on the latest breakthroughs in cancer prevention and treatment, clinical guidelines updates, guidance for improving cancer center operations, plus panel discussions on critical issues in care delivery.

Promoting the development and application of more accurate, ethically responsible artificial intelligence tools adapted to real clinical needs in order to improve the quality of healthcare is one of the main objectives of the NursIA network, an initiative led by a multidisciplinary team at the Universitat Jaume I in Castelló. The network brings together five research groups in fields such as nursing, biostatistics, machine learning, process mining and applied ethics, with the aim of contributing to the transformation of healthcare through innovative AI-based solutions that improve patient safety and the efficiency of healthcare processes.

Funded by the Universitat Jaume I’s 2025–2026 programme for the promotion of research and knowledge transfer, the network aims to generate impact in three key areas: scientific and technical development, institutional collaboration and knowledge transfer, and communication and outreach. Planned activities include a conference on the practical implementation of AI in clinical environments, the first open NursIA conference on artificial intelligence and healthcare transformation, and several scientific publications on AI applied to healthcare.

The “Action for Earth” Summit, one of the flagship events of Hong Kong Climate Week 2026, is being held today at Rayson Huang Theatre, The University of Hong Kong. The Summit brought together representatives from the United Nations, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Hong Kong SAR Government, the business sector, and leading international academic institutions to examine policy pathways, frontier research and actionable strategies for climate adaptation—reflecting the growing international consensus to shift the focus from “mitigation” to proactive “adaptation”.