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23-Apr-2025

A more efficient way to notify the CPU

Purdue University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Getting interrupted while at work can cause you to lose your ability to work quickly and effectively. A computer’s central processing unit (CPU) core is no different. Researchers in Purdue University’s Department of Computer Science have developed a new method that does not use polling, an often inefficient system that devotes an entire CPU to only checking and routing the traffic.

Funder: Cisco Systems, Google

23-Apr-2025

TIBI Director Dr. Ali Khademhosseini receives 2025 Materials Research Society Mid-Career Researcher Award

Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation
Grant and Award Announcement

LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2025 — The Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) proudly announces that its Director and CEO, Dr. Ali Khademhosseini, has received the 2025 Materials Research Society (MRS) Mid-Career Researcher Award. This prestigious honor recognizes exceptional achievements in materials research by mid-career professionals who have demonstrated notable leadership in the field.

23-Apr-2025

University of Houston engineer reinvents ceramics with origami-inspired 3D printing

University of Houston
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a breakthrough that blends ancient design with modern materials science, researchers at the University of Houston have developed a new class of ceramic structures that can bend under pressure — without breaking.

Journal: Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials

23-Apr-2025

London’s low emission zones save lives and money, new study finds

University of Bath
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Study finds a 18.5% reduction in sick leave following LEZ implementation in Greater London compared to areas in England without low emission zones.

Journal: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

23-Apr-2025

Four generations help science explore genome mutation rate

University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An advanced genomic analysis of a multigenerational family is providing new knowledge about genetic mutations and their transmission, both the variants that are inherited and those that arise anew.

Journal: Nature
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, Terry Fox Foundation, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

23-Apr-2025

New electronic “skin” could enable lightweight night-vision glasses

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

MIT engineers developed a technique to grow and peel ultrathin “skins” of electronic material that could be used in applications such as night-vision eyewear and autonomous driving in foggy conditions.

Journal: Nature
Funder: U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research

23-Apr-2025

New model predicts a chemical reaction’s point of no return

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

MIT researchers developed a machine-learning model that can predict the structures of transition states of chemical reactions in less than a second, with high accuracy. Their model could make it easier for chemists to design reactions that could generate a variety of useful compounds, such as pharmaceuticals or fuels.

Journal: Nature Machine Intelligence
Funder: U.S. Army Research Office, U.S. Department of Defense Basic Research Office, U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, National Science Foundation, U.S. Office of Naval Research