A team of NJIT researchers will map the infrastructure needed to support battery management across the state and region, identifying existing facilities and potential locations for battery collection, storage, dismantling, repurposing and recycling — and showing where New Jersey has the biggest gaps.

Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa adopt agricultural inputs including fertilizer at a low rate, contributing to low agricultural productivity. Previous research has shown that insufficient information and distrust in the quality of products for sale in local markets are among the reasons for low rates of fertilizer adoption and application. In a new study, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers examined the agricultural marketplace in Tanzania, finding that frequent turnover among local agro-dealers affect farmer perceptions of product quality and have implications for broader market functioning.

New analysis of almost 300,000 kilometres of Roman roads reveals a complex network shaped by people, places and landscapes, in which Rome was less central than is often assumed.

Open source software underpins much of the modern digital world, from mobile phones and automobiles to cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Now, the rapid adoption of AI is creating new opportunities to improve that software while placing growing pressure on the people responsible for maintaining and securing it, according to a new TechBrief from the Association for Computing Machinery’s Technology Policy Council  (TPC).

Artificial intelligence in medicine is rapidly moving beyond large language models, data analysis and prediction. One of its emerging applications is at the patient’s bedside, where AI can assist physicians with medical imaging and point-of-care ultrasound. On September 16 in Paris, this transition from discussing AI to testing its practical applications will be explored during the third Ultrasound in Nephrology training program.

A research paper by scientists at University of Cambridge presented an integrated bone–eye axis framework showing that lower bone mineral density is associated with higher age-related macular degeneration risk and may serve as an accessible marker of systemic aging-related retinal vulnerability.

The research paper, published on Sept 14, 2026 in the journal Cyborg and Bionic Systems.