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28-Jul-2026

ORNL, REV launch innovative collaboration on fusion infrastructure

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Rutherford Energy Ventures recently kicked off FULCRA, an innovative consortium that combines national lab capabilities with private-sector investment to develop shared fusion testbeds, de-risk critical technology, and speed commercialization. As the first initiative of its kind, FULCRA has the potential to reshape how fusion test infrastructure is designed, funded, and operated, creating a model that can be replicated across the public research ecosystem.

28-Jul-2026

Making robots faster by helping them think ahead

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Reports and Proceedings

The VLASH technique, developed by MIT researchers, helps robots think ahead while moving, eliminating lags that occur between different chunks of action. This smooths and streamlines robot motion, accelerating performance on tasks like pick-and-place, sorting, and stacking.

Funder: MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab, Amazon, Nvidia

28-Jul-2026

American Society for Nutrition announces locations for NUTRITION 2027 and NUTRITION 2028

American Society for Nutrition
Meeting Announcement

The American Society for Nutrition (ASN) today announced that NUTRITION 2027, its flagship annual meeting, will be held July 26-29, 2027, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Society also announced that NUTRITION 2028 will take place in Boston, June 10-13, 2028, as part of ASN's centennial celebration.

Meeting: NUTRITION 2026

28-Jul-2026

How rewarding better consumer choices could advance next-gen queueing platforms

Ohio State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Improving how crowdsourced information is shared across mobile platforms by incorporating a user penalty-and-reward system could curb long lines caused by inefficient human queuing behavior, a new study suggests.

Journal: IEEE Transactions on Networking

28-Jul-2026

Thousands of America's historic landmarks face significant wildfire risk

University of California - Santa Barbara
Peer-Reviewed Publication

When the Palisades Fire tore through Los Angeles in January 2025, it didn't only destroy homes. It took the Will Rogers Ranch House — a beloved California landmark — with it. Six months later, the Dragon Bravo wildfire burned through Grand Canyon National Park and destroyed the Grand Canyon Lodge, originally built in 1927. Whether either landmark will ever be meaningfully restored remains uncertain.

Journal: Nature

28-Jul-2026

Wang to receive NSF CAREER Award

George Mason University
Grant and Award Announcement

Xuan Wang, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing (CEC), will receive funding for the project: “CAREER: A Dynamical Systems Approach to Reliable and Efficient Knowledge Transfer in Robot Learning.”

28-Jul-2026

University of Tennessee and Eastman extend research partnership through 2032

University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Business Announcement

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has signed a new six-year master research agreement with Eastman. The new agreement will deepen a decade-long collaboration and accelerate the development of innovative technologies in multiple fields. Under the agreement, Eastman will invest at least $3 million over the next six years to support sponsored research, service agreements and a range of university-industry initiatives.

28-Jul-2026

Seeing plant tissues in a new light

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) and the Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, have developed and tested a new class of fluorescent probes that enable scientists to visualise xylem, the specialised tissue responsible for transporting water and minerals through plants. The work, published in Plant and Cell Physiology, introduces a faster, more specific and sensitive staining method than conventional dyes, creating avenues to strengthen research on plant development, vascular biology, and crop resilience.

Journal: Plant and Cell Physiology

28-Jul-2026

AI tool helps predict bowel cancer relapse risk

La Trobe University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed by La Trobe University researchers could help predict which stage-two bowel cancer patients are at risk of relapse, in an advance that could ultimately lead to thousands getting life-saving treatment earlier.

Journal: Gastroenterology