Engineers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, shows how the signal from a household WiFi device can be used for heart rate monitoring with state-of-the-art accuracy—without the need for a wearable.

Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a genetic mechanism for how plants integrate light and temperature information to control their flowering. Understanding this system will now help Salk’s Harnessing Plants Initiative optimize crop growth under changing environmental conditions. 

Rice University biosciences professor Matthew Bennett has received a $1.99 million grant from the National Science Foundation to lead research on engineered bacterial consortia that could form the basis of biological computing systems. The four-year project will also involve co-principal investigators Kirstin Matthews, Caroline Ajo-Franklin and Anastasios Kyrillidis from Rice along with Krešimir Josić from the University of Houston. The research team aims to develop platforms that integrate microbial sensing and communication with electronic networks, paving the way for computing systems constructed from living cells instead of traditional silicon-based hardware.

ORNL, in partnership with technology company Quantum Brilliance, has made the first big steps in the advance of quantum computers for scientific discovery with the installation of a Quantum Brilliance computer system at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility. 

​​​Achieving universal, meaningful Internet connectivity by 2030 could require an investment of USD 2.6 trillion to USD 2.8 trillion at current prices, according to the Connecting Humanity Action Blueprint.

Altmetric has introduced a new AI-powered sentiment analysis feature, providing research teams with deeper insights into the public response and impact of their work on selected social media platforms.

For the first time, research led by scientists at the University of São Paulo quantifies the impact of forest loss and global climate change on the biome.