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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 3-Jul-2025 02:11 ET (3-Jul-2025 06:11 GMT/UTC)

AUTOPSIES: Modes of counter-investigation

Goethe University Frankfurt
Meeting Announcement

How do we critically engage archives of colonial, historical, political, and racial violence? What modes of counter investigation might be employed? Researchers from Forensic Architecture (London), the project “The Art of Counter-Investigation” (Institute for Social Research, Frankfurt), and the fields of media and film studies will discuss the challenges of archival investigation in the contexts of colonial and political violence. Questions include forensic methods of investigation and counter investigation, aesthetic practices of engaging archives, issues of restitution and reparation, acts of erasure, silencing, and epistemic violence.

New gene therapy delivery device could let hospitals create personalized nanomedicines on-demand

Frontiers
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new gene therapy delivery device could let hospital pharmacies make personalized nanomedicines to order. This democratized approach to precision medicine, as published in Frontiers in Science, could revolutionize how hospitals treat rare diseases, even in low-resource settings.

Journal: Frontiers in Science
Funder: Netherlands Science Agenda, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research

Ancient golden silk revived from the Korean sea

Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

research team recreates sea silk from discarded pen shells byssus—drawing attention as an eco-friendly and sustainable textile.

Journal: Advanced Materials

New global index aims to help people and nature thrive together

University of Oxford
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Oxford University and United Nations Development Programme propose an optimistic, practical approach to inspire stronger action on nature.

Journal: Nature

Can targeted payment adjustments help solve the infectious disease physician shortage?

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new analysis by researchers from the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute examines the first Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) add-on code targeting a single physician specialty: infectious disease (ID). The measure is a significant departure from the agency’s past strategies, with the potential to combat the growing shortage of ID physicians and broader implications for physician reimbursement and healthcare delivery, according to the authors.

Journal: JAMA

Cornell Prof. Bruce Lewenstein wins inaugural PCST award for the advancement of science communication as a professional field

Public Communication of Science and Technology Network (PCST Network)
Grant and Award Announcement

The Network for the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) has announced the results of its inaugural PCST Award competition, recognizing exceptional contributions to the advancement of science communication as a professional field. The top prize was awarded to Professor Bruce Lewenstein of Cornell University (USA), honoring his decades-long impact on science communication research, education, and professional infrastructure worldwide. Susana Herrera-Lima (Mexico) and Toss Gascoigne (Australia) were named runners-up for their transformative work in building science communication capacity and influence in their respective regions and worldwide. The PCST Award is generously supported by the GIST Graduate School of AI Policy and Strategy (Republic of Korea). The winner received a cash prize of 1,500 USD, and each runner-up received 700 USD.

Toxic Metals Symposium – Health Impacts and Policy Responses

LMU Klinikum
Meeting Announcement

Toxic metals such as lead, mercury, arsenic, and cadmium pose a significant health hazard worldwide, particularly in countries with mining, industrial processing, and inadequate regulation. The topic is also gaining further importance in the course of the energy transition and the shift to renewable energies as well as e-mobility through the extraction of rare metals.

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